SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Golden State Warriors will be without Stephen Curry for their road game against the Kings on Wednesday night. Draymond Green and Jimmy Butler III have been deemed questionable. Butler, despite a tweaked lower back, is pushing to play, sources told ESPN.
Curry is dealing with a cold he said is worsening. He stayed in San Francisco. Green, who has logged a lot of minutes at center early in the season, has a right rib contusion. Butler left in the first half of the Warriors’ win over the Suns on Tuesday night and there was serious skepticism about his status against the Kings, but he is attempting to get the green light after round-the-clock treatment.
Al Horford, the team’s veteran center who won’t play both sides of any of its 15 back-to-backs this season, is 39. The Warriors have been transparent about performance staff leader Rick Celebrini’s plan to spot rest their older stars in a handful of games this season.
«We all know what the real answer [to load management] is, and that is to shorten the season,» Kerr said with an eye of skepticism. «Good luck.»
