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Toronto Raptors at Philadelphia 76ers
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Stephen Curry has an oblique abdominal tear and will be re-evaluated in two weeks, and Joel Embiid and LeBron James go through shootaround
Stephen Curry’s MRI showed an oblique abdominal tear and the Warriors will re-evaluate him in two weeks, while Joel Embiid and LeBron James went through shootaround and are still questionable against Toronto.
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The MRI that Stephen Curry had on Wednesday night showed an oblique abdominal tear, the Warriors announced on Thursday. He will be re-evaluated in two weeks, which keeps him out for at least the next seven games. In Philadelphia, Joel Embiid and LeBron James went through shootaround and are still questionable for Thursday night against Toronto. The Lakers and Bulls have not yet said anything new about Austin Reaves or Caleb Wilson.
Curry will be re-evaluated in two weeks
Curry left Wednesday’s 115-108 loss in Houston with 6:25 left in the first quarter, after only six minutes, and went for the MRI before the game was over. As Thursday morning’s report noted, Steve Kerr said afterward that the concern was high. The team’s statement on Thursday confirmed the tear and set the two-week re-evaluation. Anthony Slater reported that Curry is ruled out for at least the next seven games. The first of those is Friday’s Emirates NBA Cup game at San Antonio at 9:30 p.m. ET (4:30 a.m. Saturday Cairo time).
The real absence could be longer than two weeks. Brett Siegel pointed out that most players who have torn an oblique in recent seasons missed at least four weeks, and he said Curry could be out for a month. Siegel also noted that four of the Warriors’ five highest-paid players are now on the injury report: Curry, Jimmy Butler, Kristaps Porziņģis and Moses Moody. That leaves Draymond Green as the only healthy one. Brandon Williams is also out with a hamstring strain. Ron Kroichick wrote that Golden State will need heavy minutes from Brandin Podziemski and De’Anthony Melton until Williams is back, with LJ Cryer also in line for more time.
Golden State lost in Houston to end an eight-game winning streak. That game opened a five-game road trip, and the Warriors still have stops in San Antonio, New Orleans, Dallas and Memphis.
Embiid and LeBron go through shootaround
The 76ers still list Embiid as questionable with right plantar fascia injury management and James as questionable with low back and sciatica management for Thursday’s 7 p.m. ET game against the Raptors (2 a.m. Friday Cairo time). Kris Rhim reported that both took part in Thursday’s shootaround. When Embiid was asked whether he would play, he said, “I have no idea.”
Philadelphia had two more updates. Adem Bona, who has a cervical spine sprain, will be out for at least another week before he is re-evaluated. Dominick Barlow, who has a low back stress reaction, took part in shootaround as he works his way back into team activities, but there is no timeline for his return. Ariel Hukporti is still out. Toronto had not filed its report as of 12:30 p.m. ET. The Raptors played without Kawhi Leonard, Scottie Barnes and Trayce Jackson-Davis in Wednesday’s loss in Boston.
Still waiting on Reaves and Caleb Wilson
The Lakers had not shared the results of Reaves’ left heel imaging in Los Angeles as of Thursday afternoon. JJ Redick said Wednesday that X-rays were negative and that the team had ruled out an Achilles injury. The Lakers next play on Sunday at Phoenix. Chicago had also not given an update on Wilson’s right hand, and the Bulls had not filed their report for Friday’s home game against Atlanta. In Indiana, Aaron Nesmith left Wednesday’s win over Washington with tightness behind his knee. Rick Carlisle said the hope is that it is minor. The Pacers host the Knicks on Friday.
The rest of Thursday’s reports
Detroit still has Jalen Duren (right hamstring strain) and Isaiah Joe (right hip contusion) out at Washington. Minnesota rules out Anthony Edwards and Donte DiVincenzo against Dallas. The Mavericks list Dereck Lively II as out and Morez Johnson Jr. as probable with a left shin contusion. For Charlotte at Phoenix, Moussa Diabaté (right quadriceps tendinopathy) and Grant Williams (right hamstring strain) are probable, while Kon Knueppel, Dennis Schröder and Brandon Miller are out. Our injuries page tracks every team’s latest report.
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