SAN FRANCISCO — Four-time NBA champion Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors will miss at least the next two games with a left ankle injury, the team announced on Monday (Tuesday in Manila).
The four-time NBA champion was injured with 7:55 remaining in the fourth quarter of Golden State's 112-104 home loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday.
Curry underwent an MRI exam late Sunday that showed no structural damage, the Warriors said, and also confirmed he suffered a peroneal strain in the area where tendons connect the fibula and ankle.
Curry, a two-time NBA Most Valuable Player, is averaging 18.3 points, 6.7 assists, 5.3 rebounds and 2.0 steals for the Warriors (2-1).
The 36-year-old superstar, who helped the United States team of NBA stars capture Olympic gold in Paris in August, will miss home games on Tuesday and Wednesday against New Orleans before being reevaluated on Friday, the team said.
The Warriors also said guard De'Anthony Melton, who left the game Sunday in the fourth quarter with a lower back strain, underwent an MRI that showed no structural damage. He also will be reevaluated on Friday.
Melton, who missed more than half of last season for Philadelphia with back issues, has averaged 6.3 points and 2.7 assists a game.
Earlier, New Orleans Pelicans guard Dejounte Murray underwent successful surgery on a fractured left hand and will miss four to six weeks of the NBA season, the team announced.
The 28-year-old suffered the injury in a 123-111 season-opening home victory over the Chicago Bulls.
Murray, obtained from Atlanta in a trade last July, had 14 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds in the match before the fourth-quarter injury.
The timetable for Murray would see him return in late November or early December and miss from 15 to 22 games, with a worst-case comeback contest on December 7 against visiting Oklahoma City.
Murray has averaged 15.4 points, 5.8 rebounds and 5.3 assists over seven career NBA seasons, five with San Antonio and the past two at Atlanta.