Kevin Durant Reacts to Steph Curry's Injury, Hypes 'Problem' Yaxel Lendeborg After Win vs. Warriors

Kevin Durant sent well wishes to his former Golden State Warriors teammate after Stephen Curry left a Wednesday night matchup against the Houston Rockets with an apparent injury.

"Hopefully Steph's alright. He's been playing great ball. Their team's been playing great ball," Durant told ESPN's Jorge Sedano after the Rockets' 115-108 victory over the Warriors.

Head coach Steve Kerr said after the game the Warriors had a "high" level of concern while awaiting test results on Curry's right abdominal soreness.

Warriors rookie Yaxel Lendeborg led all players with 25 points while adding 10 rebounds in Curry's absence Wednesday night. He was also tasked with regularly defending Durant in what Kerr described as a "test" for the rookie.

Durant led the Rockets with 20 points on 8-for-17 shooting overall, but scored just three points while going 1-for-4 from the field when matched up against Lendeborg, per NBA.com.

When asked for his thoughts on Lendeborg, Durant told Sedano, "It's a problem, a matchup problem."

"Being that tall, and being that skilled, too— man, I'm excited to see his career unfold," Durant said.

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Durant continued in his postgame press conference, saying: "Just love his game, to be honest. A skilled big that can play 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 on the offensive side of the ball. Can shoot it, can handle it, strong, long, athletic."

The Rockets star also cited Lendeborg's 7'3.25" wingspan as something that "right there just shows you he's a different level of athlete."

"He's been through a lot, man. So he came here fully full-grown, in my opinion, and he's ready for everything that's thrown at him," Durant said. "It was fun to play against him."

The Warriors were riding an eight-game win streak into Wednesday night's matchup against the Rockets.

Golden State will look to bounce back Friday at the San Antonio Spurs. Lendeborg, who is 12 games in to what has so far been one of the most efficient rookie seasons in NBA history, could be tasked with taking on an even more significant role in the matchup should Curry miss any time.