Steph Curry Injury: Warriors Await MRI as Kerr Admits High Concern
Curry left Houston with right abdominal soreness, and Golden State is waiting on the MRI before Friday’s trip to San Antonio.
The Golden State Warriors are waiting on MRI results for Stephen Curry, and their coach isn’t pretending to be calm about it. The Steph Curry injury came in the first quarter of Wednesday’s 115-108 loss to the Houston Rockets, and Steve Kerr said afterward that “concern is high,” ESPN reported.
Curry was ruled out early in the second quarter with right abdominal soreness. He left Toyota Center during the second half to get the MRI, and the Warriors still had no results when Kerr spoke to reporters after the game.
How the Steph Curry injury happened
The trouble started a few minutes in. Curry got tangled up with Alperen Sengun near the rim and was seen grabbing at his right side after the two separated, CBS Sports reported. He stayed in and, with 7:22 left in the first, buried a 28-foot 3 off a Draymond Green screen. Then he yelled in pain and waved toward the bench.
Golden State called timeout, Curry had a quick word with Kerr and headed to the locker room with the Warriors down 19-10. The first word from the floor was a possible right hip problem. ESPN’s Anthony Slater then reported the team’s official designation: right abdominal soreness, out for the game.
Kerr said Curry told him he had tweaked something in his abdominal area and had never felt that kind of injury before. That detail is part of why the bench sounded worried. Before leaving for the MRI, Curry spoke to his teammates at halftime, told them to focus on the game and said he would be fine, per ESPN.
What the MRI could mean
Nobody outside the team knows the extent yet, and the Warriors haven’t put a timeline on it. Dr. Brian Sutterer, a physician who breaks down sports injuries on video, said the team’s “soreness” label probably understates it and that he would treat it as an abdominal muscle strain. He put a possible range at two to six weeks, Yahoo Sports reported. That’s an outside opinion based on video, not a diagnosis, and the MRI is what will settle it.
Core injuries are tricky for a shooter. The abdominal and oblique muscles are involved in almost every jumper, every hard cut and every twist through contact, which is exactly how this one appears to have happened.
Warriors’ streak ends, and the numbers say why this hurts
Wednesday’s loss snapped an eight-game winning streak. Golden State started the season 0-3, then ripped off eight straight to get to 8-4. Curry was the engine, leading the team in scoring in six of those eight wins, according to Inquisitr.
| Steph Curry, 2026-27 | Number |
|---|---|
| Points per game | 30.6 |
| Minutes per game | 28.6 |
| Field goal % | 50.3 |
| 3-point % | 45.7 |
Scoring and efficiency figures from ESPN and Yahoo Sports entering Wednesday.
History is the scary part for Golden State. Last season the Warriors went 13-26 in the 39 games Curry missed, ESPN noted. This year they’re 1-1 without him, which is a small sample, though Green believes this roster is better built to survive a short stretch.
The backcourt was already thin. Brandon Williams hurt his hamstring in Monday’s blowout win over the New Orleans Pelicans, NBC Sports Bay Area reported, and Brandin Podziemski was the first guard off the bench when Curry went out.
Spurs on Friday, then the Pelicans
The Warriors stay in Texas for Friday night’s game in San Antonio against Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs, then visit the Pelicans again on Monday. Unless the MRI comes back clean, it’s hard to see Curry playing Friday.
It’s a busy stretch around the league too, from Giannis playing through a wrist sprain in Miami to Damian Lillard’s logo 3 in Portland. For the Warriors, though, everything this week waits on one scan. The team’s official update on Curry is the next thing to watch, likely before Friday’s tip.
Sources: ESPN, CBS Sports, NBC Sports Bay Area, Yahoo Sports, Athlon Sports, Inquisitr
