Steve Kerr addressed reporters after the Golden State Warriors’ 115-108 loss to the Houston Rockets on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at Toyota Center, where he discussed Stephen Curry’s early exit with an abdominal injury. The loss snapped Golden State’s eight-game winning streak and dropped the Warriors to 8-4.
Curry left in the first quarter holding his right side and did not return. The team ruled him out for the remainder of the game with right abdominal soreness.
Kerr said Curry would undergo an MRI and that nothing had come back yet. “We haven’t heard anything about the results (yet),” he told reporters. Kerr said Curry told him he felt something tweak in his abdominal area, and that it was the first injury of that kind he had dealt with.
Asked about the severity, Kerr said, “Concern is high, but I have no idea the extent of the injury… I just saw him holding his side and tried to get him out (of the game) as quickly as I could.” Kerr did not know when, where or how Curry was hurt in the six minutes he played before going to the locker room after a first-quarter timeout at the 6:25 mark, per ClutchPoints’ Kenzo Fukuda. Curry left the arena after halftime for the scan.
Kerr’s Comments Describe Alarm, Not a Diagnosis
Kerr’s remarks establish real concern from the coaching staff, but they do not establish a timeline, a diagnosis, or even a confirmed location of the injury beyond the abdominal area Curry pointed to. The coach was explicit that he does not know the extent of the issue, and the Warriors were still waiting on imaging when he spoke.
This was a coach reacting to an unknown, not a team announcing a plan. Any read on how long Curry might be out gets ahead of what Kerr himself said he could tell reporters.
The Imaging Decides Whether Friday Is a Question at All
The MRI results, once available, are the next piece of information that will shape how the Warriors handle Curry’s workload. Golden State plays at the San Antonio Spurs on Friday, Nov. 13, in Emirates NBA Cup group play, where the Warriors control their own path, and Curry’s availability for that game is unresolved pending the results Kerr referenced.
Source: Kenzo Fukuda of ClutchPoints
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