The Warriors lost to the Lakers on Saturday night, 129–101, as Golden State continues to struggle without the presence of superstar Steph Curry. Curry has been out since January with “runner’s knee” and the update he gave on his recovery during last night’s loss didn’t inspire much hope he’d be back soon. In theory the Dubs could tread water until he’s back, but that’s proven a difficult task and will be even harder if Kristaps Porziņģis can’t get back on the floor.
The franchise acquired Porziņģis in exchange for the disgruntled Jonathan Kuminga ahead of this year’s deadline. The Latvian big man has played only one game since joining Golden State on Feb. 5, however, and has been ruled out of the last four Warriors games with an illness designation. That is not necessarily unexpected given what’s transpired with Porziņģis health-wise in the last 10 months.
