Stephen Curry will miss at least two games for Warriors with left ankle injury

SAN FRANCISCO -- Stephen Curry will miss astatine slightest nan adjacent 2 games for nan Golden State Warriors nursing an injured ankle that he hurt successful a nonaccomplishment to nan Los Angeles Clippers connected Sunday night.

Curry had an MRI exam aft nan crippled and it showed nary structural harm and revealed a near peroneal strain. The squad said he would beryllium reevaluated Friday.

Golden State plays consecutive location games Tuesday and Wednesday against nan New Orleans Pelicans. Their adjacent crippled aft Curry is examined again is Saturday astatine Houston.

Curry exited for bully pinch 7:55 remaining successful nan 4th fourth of a 112-104 defeat.

Curry had concisely returned to nan crippled pinch 8:08 to play and was on nan cardinal being defended by Kris Dunn erstwhile he trim distant from Dunn toward nan baseline and reinjured nan ankle erstwhile it appeared to rotation outward. It happened adjacent nan extremity of Golden State’s chair and he limped into nan passageway that goes to nan locker room.

It was astatine nan 2:43 people of nan 3rd 4th erstwhile Curry initially hobbled to nan chair and sat nan remainder of nan period.

The two-time MVP and NBA all-time 3-point leader vanished pinch 18 points, six assists and 4 rebounds, shooting 6 for 11 pinch 4 3-pointers.

The 36-year-old Curry is opening his 16th NBA play and has dealt pinch regular ankle issues connected some feet.

Also Monday, nan Warriors said defender De’Anthony Melton underwent an MRI connected his strained little backmost aft Sunday's crippled and he doesn't person immoderate structural damage. He besides will beryllium reevaluated connected Friday.

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