Steph Curry left the Warriors’ game Thursday night against the Raptors after taking a hard fall late in the third quarter. He was ruled out for the game with a bruised pelvis.
Curry dribbled into the lane and jumped near the hoop to make a pass to the left corner, then collided with Toronto’s Jonathan Mogbo and Colin Castleton, falling awkwardly on his lower back.
The 37-year-old superstar stayed down on the court underneath the Warriors’ basket while the play went the other way, then Toronto called timeout with 3:24 to play. The Raptors led 88-83 at the time.
A Golden State trainer came out to check on Curry, who walked to the bench and eventually to the locker room holding his lower back.
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Curry, facing focused individual defense from Toronto, had just made two layups as he tried to bring the Warriors back from a surprising deficit against the struggling Raptors. He had 17 points in 25 minutes at the time of his fall, making 6 of his 8 attempts from the field and 2 of 4 from 3-point range.
The Warriors rested Curry Tuesday night in a win over the Bucks to keep him fresh down the stretch run as coach Steve Kerr said he was “exhausted.”
Beyond his absence Tuesday, Curry has not missed a game since Jan. 28, when he sat out against the Jazz in the first half of a back-to-back set. He had played 59 of the Warriors’ 69 games this season entering Thursday night.
A trainer leans over as Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry (30) grimaces in pain after landing on his back during a play in the third quarter of their NBA game at Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, March 19, 2025. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
