Stephen Curry leaves Warriors game vs Rockets with abdominal pain
The Golden State Warriors ruled Stephen Curry out for the rest of their game against the Houston Rockets on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, after he left the court with right abdominal pain. The game was played at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, in the United States.
Curry had been on the court for six minutes and had scored three points, hitting one of three shots. He went to the locker room right after making a three-pointer and did not return to the bench. The Warriors were trailing 19-10 when he left the floor.
Stephen Curry went to the locker room after a three-pointer
The Warriors described the injury as right abdominal pain. Head coach Steve Kerr has not given a return date for Curry, and the club has not released an official timeline for his absence.
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Warriors describe injury as right abdominal pain: the numbers from the game
- Minutes on the court before leaving: 6
- Curry’s line in the game: 3 points, 1 of 3 shooting, 1 steal
- Score when Curry left: Rockets 19, Warriors 10
- Warriors record before the game: 8-3
- Warriors’ start to the season: three straight losses, then eight straight wins
- Curry’s scoring average this season before the injury: 30.6 points per game
- Games played by Curry last season: 43, limited by a knee problem
Accounts differ on when Curry was ruled out and where he felt the pain
The accounts of the game do not agree on the exact moment Curry was ruled out. Some reports say the team declared him out early in the second quarter, while another says he left the court in the first quarter and was ruled out soon after. The location of the pain also varies: one report places it in the right hip, right after the three-pointer, while the other accounts describe right abdominal pain. The cause of the injury is also not settled, since one report said it was not clear what caused it, while the Warriors classified it as right abdominal pain.
Curry was averaging 30.6 points before the injury
Before the injury, Curry was averaging 30.6 points per game this season, the second-highest scoring average in the NBA, according to the league. The Warriors had started the season with three straight losses and then won eight games in a row, reaching a record of 8-3 before the game against the Rockets. Last season, Curry played only 43 games because of a persistent knee problem. In the 2024-25 and 2025-26 seasons, he had played more than 70 games.
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No official timeline yet, and an estimate of four games
The Warriors have not released a timeline for Curry’s return, and no imaging result or grade of the injury has been disclosed. An orthopedic doctor, not named in the reports, said that when the injury is to the oblique muscle, players usually miss about four games, though that can vary with the diagnosis. That estimate is not an official figure from the club.
The reports do not give the exact start time of the game in Houston. The club has not said how many games Curry will miss.
