Golden State Warriors star guard Stephen Curry suffered a tail injury at the end of the third quarter of Wednesday night’s 108-94 victory over the Rockets in Houston, and did not return.
The injury occurred in the final game of the third quarter, after Curry lost a 3-point off balance. His momentum took him off the floor and pushed him to the risers at the Rockets bench. He seems to be traveling on the first level of rises and could not break his fall.
Warriors coach Steve Kerr called the injury ‘kind of scary’, but said after the game that he did not think Curry would miss much time.
“He says he will be good in the long run,” Kerr said. ‘However, it will definitely bother him for the next few days. No idea if he will play in Memphis [on Friday], but it looks like he’s feeling like he’s going to be fine next week or so, but we’ll see … and please do not mean that I’m going to be out for a week. He can practice [Thursday] for all I know, but we’ll give you an update as soon as we have one. ‘
Kerr said Curry did not receive any x-rays after the game and did not expect to undergo additional tests.
“I did not see it at first, and when the buzzer sounded, I saw everyone getting up to see what was happening,” Kerr said. “It was scary. He told me afterwards that he started pedaling and normally he would have basically fallen back into the fans sitting on the sidelines, but of course there is no one there. That’s why he said he kind of took the step. had and expected to stop and he just kept going and fell on his tailbone, on the piece of metal on the sideline that holds the stands in place. ‘
Curry immediately grabs pain from his backside and stays on the floor for a few moments after initially trying to get up. He went straight back to the Warriors’ locker room for examination and was subsequently expelled.
Warriors forward Draymond Green said he spoke to Curry after the game, and as Kerr said the star guard thinks he’s going to fall into the Rockets bench again.
“Hopefully it’s not too long,” Green said. “But at the end of the day, his health is most important. If you’re dealing with a tailbone injury, if it’s not right, other things tend to shut down and you start using other muscles that you should not not. next man up, but other guys have to go on, including myself. ‘
Curry finished the game 7-for-18 off the field, but only 2-for-11 from across the arc.