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Curry leaves with abdominal soreness as Warriors' streak ends

06h39 CET

12/11/2026

Kevin Durant scored 20 points, Alperen Sengun and Amen Thompson added 19 and the Houston Rockets snapped Golden State’s eight-game winning streak with a 115-108 victory on Wednesday night.

The Warriors played most of the game without Stephen Curry after the superstar left in the first quarter with right abdominal soreness and didn’t return.

Golden State's longest winning streak since 2022 ended on a night they were held well below their season average of 120.4 points a game. Curry, who entered Wednesday ranked second in the NBA by averaging 30.6 points a game, had just three points before exiting.

With Curry out, the Warriors were led by rookie Yaxel Lendeborg, who had 25 points and 10 rebounds. Brandin Podziemski added 22 points.

Houston’s Marcus Smart was ejected late in the third quarter for punching Golden State’s Charles Bassey. It was unclear what started the altercation between the two, but Smart threw a punch that appeared to lightly strike Bassey’s nose.

Smart was immediately pushed away by two other Warriors and an official grabbed Bassey around the waist and pulled him away. Smart didn’t wait for the officials to eject him, heading straight to the locker room after he was pulled away. The play was reviewed and he was issued a Flagrant 2 foul and ejected before play resumed.

 

Spurs rally to extend winning streak to 10

Victor Wembanyama scored 32 points, Dylan Harper had 18 points, 10 assists and four steals and the San Antonio Spurs won their 10th straight game, overcoming a 22-point deficit to beat the reeling Chicago Bulls 124-119.

It was the eighth consecutive loss for the Bulls, who dropped to 1-9 overall and 0-4 at home.

Wembanyana also had nine rebounds and five blocks two days after his 40-point outburst in a win over the Phoenix Suns as the Spurs closed out a 4-0 trip. De’Aaron Fox added 17 points and nine assists.

Jalen Smith tied his career high with 23 points for the Bulls, and Nic Claxton had 17 off the bench.

Bulls first-round pick Caleb Wilson scored 15 points in 15 minutes before leaving with a right hand injury in the third quarter. Wilson’s college season was cut short last winter by a pair of hand injuries.

 

Lakers beat lowly Bucks for seventh straight win

Luka Doncic scored 32 points, Sandro Mamukelashvili added 23 and Austin Reaves 18 as the Los Angeles Lakers extended their winning streak to seven games with a 123-112 win over the Milwaukee Bucks.

Mamukelashvili, a second-round draft pick of the Bucks in 2021, matched a season high for points set on Monday at Atlanta, and Reaves returned to action after missing Monday’s game due to illness.

Walker Kessler had 10 points and 11 rebounds, and Collin Sexton chipped in with 10 points for Los Angeles, which improved to a league-best 11-2.

Milwaukee’s season-scoring leader, Tyler Herro, who missed his first game of the season on Tuesday night because of a bruised right knee, returned with 25 points and seven assists. Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored a season-high 23 points for the Bucks, who lost their eighth straight and fell to 1-11.

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