Overview
- Golden State played without Stephen Curry (right patellofemoral pain syndrome), Kristaps Porziņģis (illness) and late scratch Draymond Green (lower back), with Jimmy Butler already out for the season.
- Brandin Podziemski finished with 18 points, 15 rebounds and nine assists, scoring 15 in the fourth quarter on 6-of-6 shooting to close the game.
- Al Horford started in Green’s place and hit six 3-pointers for 22 points, while Moses Moody led the Warriors with 23 as Denver’s defense struggled to track Golden State’s spacing.
- Nikola Jokić logged a 20-rebound, 12-assist triple-double and Jamal Murray was available, yet Denver was outscored down the stretch after leading entering the fourth.
- The Warriors say Curry’s MRI showed no structural damage and he will be re-evaluated near month’s end; Kerr said Porziņģis was too sick to leave his hotel and offered no timetable, and he reaffirmed plans to adjust Green’s usage without moving him to the bench.