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The Warriors will be without Steph Curry for at least the next two games, against the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday and Wednesday at Chase Center.

Then? It is unclear when the superstar point guard will return to the court.

The Warriors announced Monday that Curry suffered a left peroneal strain in his ankle in Sunday’s loss to the Los Angeles Clippers and will miss both games against New Orleans before being reevaluated on Friday.

NBC Sports Bay Area recently spoke with Stanford Medicine orthopedic and sports medicine surgeon David E. Oji, who provided insight into Curry’s peroneal injury, what it entails and how long the 36-year-old could be sidelined.

“Because of a simple mechanism that Steph essentially had, there are a lot of structures that he could injure,” Dr. Oji told NBC Sports Bay Area on Monday. “It’s not just the typical ankle sprain that we all think of when people roll the ankle. There are tendons on the outside called the peroneal tendons that allow you to move your foot outward, called eversion.

“And you can actually stretch those structures, or actually pull on them. You can even get little tears along the tendons. In some cases, that tendon is attached to the bone. You can also break the bone straight from the base, but there can be a lot of things happen from a simple ankle sprain.”

While the Warriors will re-evaluate Curry on Friday, that doesn’t necessarily mean he will be free and available for Saturday’s game against the Houston Rockets at Toyota Center. Like Dr. Oji notes, the injury — depending on the severity — could sideline Curry for at least a full week.

“From my experience treating similar injuries… if they have a very simple, sort of strain on the tendon with no specific tears, it can be as simple as one to two weeks of heavy rehab and getting them comfortable feel, the mechanics are back and where they should be and the power is 100 percent to get them playing again,” said Oji.

“If a small tear or a more serious injury is noted on imaging, it may take much longer to heal and may take several weeks and months.”

Fortunately for Curry and the Warriors, the injury does not appear to be serious. After the game, Warriors coach Steve Kerr provided the first update on Curry, straight from the source.

“He’s doing well,” Kerr told reporters afterwards. “…He used the word ‘mild’ or ‘moderate’ – he’s obviously sprained that ankle before. He doesn’t think it’s that big of a deal. But it’s clearly a concern.”

The Warriors shared in their first update Monday that Curry’s MRI showed no structural damage, which is certainly good news.

However, it remains to be seen how long the injury will keep him out.

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