Stephen Curry will be out for at least two weeks with a torn oblique. The Golden State Warriors are reportedly preparing to be without their star for closer to a month.

Curry had an MRI after he left Wednesday night's game against the Houston Rockets with 6:25 left in the first quarter. The scan showed the tear in his right side.

He will miss at least seven games: against the San Antonio Spurs, New Orleans Pelicans, Dallas Mavericks, Memphis Grizzlies, Boston Celtics, Sacramento Kings and Portland Trail Blazers. He will be checked again after that stretch.

A painful 3-pointer

Curry started grabbing at his side a few minutes into the game. He tried to play through it and kept glancing at the training staff. With 7:22 left in the first quarter, he came off a Draymond Green screen and hit a 28-foot 3-pointer, then yelled in pain right after the shot and waved toward the bench.

Coach Steve Kerr said Curry told him it was an injury he had never felt before. "Concern is high," Kerr said.

Before he left the arena for the MRI, Curry talked to his teammates at halftime. He told them to focus on the game and promised he would be fine.

Golden State was down 19-10 when he walked off. The Warriors fought back to tie it but lost by seven, which ended their eight-game winning streak.

Losing their hottest player

Curry had been playing some of the best basketball of his career. He is averaging 27.8 points in just 26.3 minutes a game and shooting a career-best 45.7% from 3-point range. He is also averaging 3.9 assists and 3.7 rebounds.

The Warriors (8-4) were already short-handed. Jimmy Butler III and Moses Moody are rehabbing long-term knee injuries, Kristaps Porzingis has stepped away from the game and Brandon Williams will miss at least a week with a strained hamstring.

Golden State went 13-26 without Curry last season. Green believes this team is better equipped to survive.

"The spirit of this team is better," Green said. "We're more certain of who we are, what makes us a good team." He pointed to rookie Yaxel Lendeborg as a player who can create offense and said Brandin Podziemski is playing a lot better.

The Warriors visit the Spurs on Friday in an NBA Cup group stage game.