Warriors’ Stephen Curry expected to miss multiple games

Stephen Curry is expected to miss about a week “or a little more,” per reporting from ESPN’s Anthony Slater and Shams Charania.

The sense is the Warriors avoided the nightmare scenario, but everything now depends on how Curry’s right quad responds to treatment.

That timeline likely knocks him out of Saturday’s game against the Pelicans and Tuesday’s matchup with the Thunder.

Golden State begins a three-game road trip next Thursday in Philadelphia, and there’s at least a chance he could be back for part of it.

Curry left Wednesday’s loss to the Rockets with 35 seconds remaining after two fourth-quarter collisions left him limping and unable to continue.

He has been diagnosed with a quad contusion and is undergoing an MRI to confirm the severity.

“If Steph has to miss time, it changes everything,” coach Steve Kerr said. “Our rotations, how we play, who we play through.”

Golden State also lost Gary Payton II to an ankle sprain and fell to 10-10 after its fourth loss in five games. That frustration spilled into the locker room.

Jimmy Butler blasted the team’s effort, saying the Warriors “don’t box out” and let opponents “do whatever they want.” Draymond Green didn’t disagree.

“Our defense is s–t,” Green said. “We are individually f—ing awful.”