Warriors star Stephen Curry suffers torn oblique muscle and will be sidelined at least two weeks

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Warriors star Stephen Curry suffers torn oblique muscle and will be sidelined at least two weeks

2026-11-13 03:45 Last Updated At：03:50

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry has been playing some of his best basketball at age 38, at the start of his 18th NBA season.

Now, he will have to work his way back from injury yet again.

The Golden State Warriors star is set to miss at least two weeks because of a torn oblique muscle, a frustrating interruption for the NBA's all-time 3-point leader who is on pace for another special season.

The Warriors announced Thursday that Curry would be reevaluated in two weeks for the abdominal tear. An MRI exam revealed the injury, which sometimes can take longer than two weeks to heal. Coach Steve Kerr called the concern level “high.”

Curry recently had 30 or more points in four games out of five, including a 41-point performance against Orlando on Saturday that tied him with Oscar Robertson for eighth place with 77 40-point games – and Curry’s 16 such outings after age 35 are the most in NBA history.

“It’s kind of a weird one, but it does make me super proud of the work that’s gone in, especially with some injuries and all that," Curry said. "But just the idea I can still get to a certain level, kind of feed off of that. Especially when it’s in a winning fashion like tonight where we needed all of them. I appreciate the longevity.”

Just last week, Kerr praised Curry for how he continues to perform at such a high level while pushing two decades in the NBA.

“Work ethic and good genes. He’s been blessed with a body that has held up," Kerr said. "But he’s also earned that through his strength training, his conditioning, his fitness level, is just off the charts. So remarkable at 38 to watch him still do what he does.”

Curry left early in Golden State's loss at Houston on Wednesday night that ended an eight-game winning streak. He was in obvious discomfort, grabbing at his right side above the hip.

The two-week timetable means Curry will miss at least six games, starting with a matchup at San Antonio on Friday. Golden State's backcourt is already thin: Guard Brandon Williams is out with a strained left hamstring, while Jimmy Butler and Moses Moody are working back from knee injuries last season that required surgery. Second-year guard Will Richard returned Wednesday but is playing with a torn ligament in his left thumb.

Curry is scoring 27.8 points in 10 games this season, his average plummeting after he scored only three points in 5 1/2 minutes on Wednesday. He is making 45.7% of his 3-point tries so far this season; if that continues, it would be the highest percentage of his career.

The Warriors lost their first three games before the winning streak. They are 1-2 when Curry either doesn't play or has to leave early because of injury.

In a win against Miami last Thursday, Curry responded from a slow start to score 29 points. He began 1 for 8 and was 2 of 10 at halftime before coming on in the third quarter and finished 9 for 19 with six 3-pointers. He missed a fourth consecutive game with 30 or more points because he rested once the 120-100 win was well in hand.

“One of the things that makes him so good and so special is his ability to bounce back within a game where he’s struggling," Kerr said. “It doesn’t bother him at all. He knows how to get himself going. He’s got the ultimate confidence.”

AP Basketball Writer Tim Reynolds in Miami contributed to this report.

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Brooklyn building collapse killed 2 children and 6 adults, mayor says

NEW YORK (AP) — Crews operating heavy equipment hoisted chunks of debris Thursday in the search for more victims in the rubble of a collapsed Brooklyn apartment building that killed at least eight people, including two children.

The three-story building gave way while construction workers were digging Wednesday afternoon at an adjacent lot, causing New York City's mayor to order inspections at about 100 building sites involving companies related to the project.

“If there is anyone, or any entity, operating in this city that bears responsibility for what happened, we will hold them fully accountable," Mayor Zohran Mamdani said during a news conference.

Investigators have not determined what caused the collapse that injured 18 others, including four firefighters, Mamdani said.

One witness said he watched bricks fall minutes before the disaster while a woman in a neighboring building said she and fellow residents blamed vibrations from the construction for cracks that appeared in their apartment walls.

Emergency workers used power saws and pickaxes to get through the debris, pulling four victims out of the rubble in the early hours of Thursday. Hours later, excavators removed larger piles of the wreckage so searchers could get deeper into the construction pit, said New York Fire Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore.

“We always assume there are more people there until we can access the ground,” Bonsignore said. “So until we remove some of the bigger debris and are able to search beneath them, this will remain a rescue operation”

Among those killed and injured were people from Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador and Trinidad, Mamdani said. Two of the dead were construction workers, he said.

He described how some workers who survived joined firefighters in digging out survivors, thanking “those who ran toward danger when this building collapsed, and in the hours afterward.”

James Williams, who works at a deli across the street, said he heard loud banging at the site all day Wednesday and looked outside to see bricks falling. “Two minutes later, the building collapsed,” he said.

As the building crumbled and exposed the neighboring building, Williams spotted a woman on a staircase. “There wasn’t anything I could do,” he said, his voice cracking.

Customers and stylists at a nearby hair salon jumped up and ran onto the sidewalk as the building fell.

“We heard the boom and we all rushed outside and saw smoke and dust everywhere,” said hairstylist Brigitte Anama.

She saw emergency workers pulling people from the rubble, including what appeared to be a child. “People were saying, ‘Pray for the baby, pray for the baby,’” Anama said.

Dervie Mapp, who lives along the construction site, said she and others complained for months about the project. Her landlord brought engineers into the building, but residents never received an inspection report, she said.

This was the second high-profile structural problem with a building in New York in the past five months. In July, several buildings in Manhattan were evacuated after support columns buckled inside a skyscraper that was formerly the headquarters of Pfizer.

First responders in Brooklyn worked to clear through a massive heap that included mattresses, a broken sink and a refrigerator tossed on its side. Among the belongings scattered in the rubble were vinyl records, clothes and shoes.

Rescue dogs sniffed piles of twisted wood and brick dotted with brightly colored clothing.

Firefighters pulled a pregnant woman from the rubble Wednesday, hoisted her up on a stretcher and rushed her to a waiting ambulance. Others were rescued as the night wore on.

The fire commissioner said the search would not end despite heavy rain Thursday afternoon.

Building records show there were four apartments on the upper two floors and a commercial unit on the ground floor of the collapsed building.

The Consulate of Ecuador in New York said José Luis Caguana Cosquillo from Ecuador was among those found dead.

His brother told WNBC-TV that he died while working at the construction site. He was an immigrant from Ecuador who had been in the U.S. for about six years and had a pregnant wife and a young child, Carlos Caguana said.

“He was the sole provider for the family. Now that he’s gone, she is going through an immense amount of pain,” Caguana said.

The surrounding blocks along Flatbush Avenue, a busy thoroughfare in Brooklyn, are tightly packed with mostly older brick buildings and a few newly built apartment complexes. A mix of Caribbean and Mexican restaurants reflects the diversity of the neighborhood.

New York City’s buildings commissioner, Ahmed Tigani, said Wednesday that construction workers were excavating the empty lot next door when the building buckled. The city’s Department of Buildings is investigating what caused the collapse.

The architect, property owner and general contractor listed in city records have not responded to phone and email messages seeking comment.

City officials said a stop work order was issued in March after inspectors concluded the building next door was being demolished without adequate overhead protection such as netting to shield neighboring buildings, the department said in an emailed statement.

In April, inspectors found that the demolition work had resumed in violation of the stop work order, the department said. Work was allowed to continue in May after the problems were corrected, it said.

The project has active permits for excavation and foundation work.

McCormack reported from Concord, New Hampshire. Associated Press writers Yuki Iwamura in New York; Dave Collins in Hartford, Connecticut; Scott Bauer in Madison, Wisconsin; Hannah Fingerhut in Des Moines, Iowa; R.J. Rico in Atlanta; Laura Turbay in Little Rock, Arkansas; and John Seewer in Toledo, Ohio, contributed.

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