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Warriors vs. Grizzlies injury report: Al Horford to rest for 2nd consecutive game
After getting a full weekend to rest and recover following a taxing, up-and-down end to the first week of the season, the Golden State Warriors are back in action tonight. They play their fourth game of the year — and their second at Chase Center — when they host their old foe the Memphis Grizzlies at 7:00 p.m. PT tonight.
It feels like a star player is always missing when these two link up, but barring any last-minute changes, that won’t be the case today. Neither team is at full strength, but the star players — Steph Curry, Draymond Green, and Jimmy Butler III for the Dubs, and Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr. for the Grizz — are all set to play.
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Preview: Horford will sit against Griz, to play tomorrow against Clippers
It’s a long season, but for the Golden State Warriors, it’s already time to manage player load through the first weeks of the season. As they’ve telegraphed, Golden State is going to adhere to their load management of Al Horford by having him sit one out of any two back-to-back games.
Why tonight? From coach Steve Kerr’s quote, it sounds like the decision was a bit tougher for this back-to-back than it was when one of the teams was the Denver Nuggets.
“We always take [the matchups] into consideration. Against Portland [or Denver], it was always a pretty easy choice, dealing with [Nikola] Jokic,” Kerr told reporters. “I would say this one is a much more difficult decision because Memphis, you know, Jaren Jackson Jr. is obviously a great player. But we opted to play him against the Clippers, [as Ivica] Zubac has given us trouble. It’s a really big team, so that’s the way we’ll go with this one.”