Udoka answers Curry question with ‘Amen Thompson’ before Warriors game
Stephen Curry left the Golden State Warriors’ game against the Houston Rockets in the first quarter on Wednesday with an abdominal injury, shortly after Rockets coach Ime Udoka answered a question about how to stop him with two words.
Asked how the Rockets would try to slow Curry, Udoka replied with the name of his guard: “Amen Thompson,” he replied. The game was played at Toyota Center, in Houston, and Curry did not return after the injury.
The exchange came before tip-off, when Udoka was asked how the Rockets would try to slow Curry, who had been shooting well in the days before the game. The exact wording of the question is not confirmed by the sources consulted. Some reports describe it as a question about a special plan for Curry, while the report on which this story relies describes it as a question about how Houston would slow him down.
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Stephen Curry’s injury came less than six minutes into the game
According to the report, Curry left the court less than six minutes after the first quarter began. He felt discomfort in his right abdomen on a play involving Alperen Sengun, of the Rockets, and did not come back to the game.
- Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2026
- Venue: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas, United States
- Injury: right abdomen, first quarter, after a play with Alperen Sengun
- Return to the game: no
Amen Thompson was the main defender on Curry
Thompson was the Rockets player assigned to defend Curry in the game, according to the same report. Fans blamed him for the injury on social media, but the report says Thompson did not touch Curry’s abdomen on the play in which the discomfort appears to have got worse. The Rockets guard has a long history with the Warriors star: in the 2025 playoffs, Thompson guarded Curry in the series that Golden State won, and he faced Curry more than any other Rockets defender in that series. The report describes Thompson as one of the best defenders in the NBA.
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Curry was shooting well before the injury
Curry was averaging 30.6 points in nine games this season, with 50.3% from the field and 44.7% from three-point range. The Rockets, for their part, rank 6th in the league in defensive efficiency, according to the report. Udoka was asked about Curry because the Warriors guard had been shooting well in the days before the game.
The Rockets came into the game with one of the stronger defenses in the league, ranked 6th in defensive efficiency, according to the report. Curry, for his part, was averaging 30.6 points in nine games this season, with 50.3% from the field and 44.7% from three-point range. Those numbers were the backdrop to the question Udoka received on the eve of the game. The Warriors guard left the court with a right-abdomen injury less than six minutes into the first quarter.
How long Curry will be out is still unknown
The final score of the game and the result for the Warriors were not confirmed in the sources consulted. The Warriors have not released how long Curry will be out, and the report says it is not yet known how long he will miss games.
