Warriors ahead Jonathan Kuminga sprained his proper ankle Saturday evening and is anticipated to be re-evaluated in three weeks, based on a report from The Athletic on Sunday.
Kuminga was injured within the ultimate minutes of the primary half Golden State won 121-113 over the Memphis Grizzlies when he tried to dam a shot and landed awkwardly. He will bear an MRI examination.
Kerr mentioned Kyle Anderson will play extra minutes in Kuminga’s absence.
“It’s not going to be an on a regular basis factor, it was a major distortion,” Kerr mentioned. “Tomorrow we could have a report.”
Kuminga entered the sport because the Warriors’ second-leading scorer behind Stephen Curry, averaging 16.9 factors, however was restricted to 13 factors in quarter-hour.
“It’s going to be robust. JK has performed the perfect basketball of his profession the final two weeks, so we’ll miss him,” Kerr mentioned. “But Kyle will substitute him properly.”
Anderson performed greater than 21 minutes and had seven factors, three assists and three rebounds. His taking part in time has been inconsistent, however Anderson is keen to grab his alternative.
“I’ve already achieved my job whereas I wasn’t taking part in, so far as understanding and staying prepared, so it is only a matter of going on the market and taking part in basketball,” Anderson mentioned, noting he is had comparable circumstances earlier than. “I’ve been on this state of affairs two or 3 times in my profession and I’ve at all times been within the playoff rotation. The objective is to proceed to get higher, assist my teammates and when my quantity is known as, go on the market and try this what I need.” can do.”
The Warriors have relied on their deep roster on account of accidents all season.
“I’m simply completely satisfied to have the depth that we get by means of Kyle,” Kerr mentioned. “… We added quite a lot of depth due to that, to have the ability to face up to some accidents.”
Associated Press reporting.
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