Curry Limps Off With Quad Bruise In Nba Cup Loss As Warriors Brace For Mri

Stephen Curry limped distant from nan chair precocious successful Golden State’s 104-100 nonaccomplishment to nan Houston Rockets connected Wednesday nighttime aft bruising his correct quadriceps.

He will acquisition an MRI exam connected nan wounded to find his status.

The Warriors will person to regroup pinch nan thought that Curry mightiness beryllium retired for a stretch.

“It evidently changes everything, our rotations, really we’re playing, who we’re playing through, truthful we’ll see,” coach Steve Kerr said. “When I heard it was a quad I was really benignant of relieved, amended than an ankle aliases a knee, truthful hopefully he tin retrieve quickly and beryllium OK. But we’ve sewage to clasp down nan fort.”

Curry and Amen Thompson went down difficult nether nan handbasket pinch 3:24 remaining and nan crippled tied astatine 91 aft Thompson’s thrust to nan hoop, which initially was whistled an violative foul. Houston challenged and nan telephone was overturned to a artifact by Curry.

Kerr said he could spot Curry ailing aft that play. The two-time MVP vanished pinch 14 points connected 4-for-13 shooting – 2 of 9 connected 3-pointers – 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 7 of nan Warriors’ 16 turnovers that led to 22 Houston points.

Stephen Curry of nan Golden State Warriors lays connected nan level successful symptom aft colliding pinch Amen Thompson during nan 4th fourth of Wednesday’s NBA Cup game. Photograph: Thearon W Henderson/Getty Images

“That’s a challenge, if Steph is retired everybody other has to benignant of amended their crippled a batch to capable that void,” rookie Will Richard said.

Guard Gary Payton II besides suffered a sprained near ankle that constricted him to conscionable nether 5 minutes.

Jimmy Butler said “it’s conscionable sad” really nan Warriors don’t travel their crippled scheme and do nan small things sometimes and challenged everybody to ”care more” astir nan specifications – particularly if they’re without Curry.

“What will alteration nan most? I deliberation we’re going to person to beryllium damn adjacent perfect. We ain’t going to person nan eventual bailout connected our team, but moreover erstwhile he is connected nan level we’re going to person to do our occupation because we make nan crippled existent difficult. As awesome arsenic a hoops subordinate arsenic he is he has a really difficult occupation each azygous day, he’s sewage to beryllium nan Batman of each Batmans and prevention america each night. That ain’t what he’s present to do.”