SAN FRANCISO -- Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry will not make the upcoming road trip to Philadelphia , Cleveland and Chicago because of a left thigh contusion, extending his absence for at least three more games.

Curry was set for an official reevaluation Thursday, but Warriors coach Steve Kerr got in front of the update. He called Curry a "long shot" to return by the weekend, so Kerr, Curry and Rick Celebrini, the franchise's lead medical decision-maker, allowed him to stay in the Bay Area for treatment.

Curry injured his quad last Wednesday night in a home loss to the Houston Rockets . It'll ultimately force him to miss at least five games, but Kerr sounded optimistic that Curry should be back for Golden State's home game Dec. 12 against the Minnesota Timberwolv

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