The Warriors' last loss to the Timberwolves, coupled with the Suns' recent four-game winning streak, has brought the gap between the two sides to three wins. Among them, the Warriors are mainly trapped by injuries, and Green's injury has affected both the team's offensive and defensive ends, plus Curry has also had some injuries in his hand. In the next game, the Warriors returned home against the Pistons, and the team also updated the injury report.
Curry, who was absent from the last game because of a hand injury, is no longer on the injury list, which means that he can play in the game against the Pistons, which is still very good news for the Warriors. He will also join forces with Thompson again, and the power of the Splash Brothers has not yet been displayed, and Thompson needs to slowly find the rhythm of the game. The same is true for Curry, after entering 2022, the feel has not been very good, has been less than 50% of the shooting rate in 9 consecutive games, and the average score per game has dropped to 26.3 points, ranking sixth in the league.
After the Warriors returned, there were two other players on the team's absent roster, Green and Wiseman. Wiseman has not played this season, and the team is also very cautious about him. As for Green, the team announced yesterday that after an MRI, his calf pain/muscle tension injury was related to his lumbar disc overwork and would receive physical therapy in the coming days and another injury assessment within two weeks. It also means that Green has to miss 2 weeks, which is a bit of a blow, and he is still very important to the team.
Gary Payton II is still on the list, with a 50% chance of playing, and he has missed two consecutive games due to spasms in his lower back. Payton Jr. was a windfall for the team this season, and he successfully seized the opportunity and got the team's reuse, playing 40 games, averaging 7.8 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game, shooting 64.7% from the field and 41.4% from three-point range. Before Thompson did not return, he and Curry started well, and now the bench is also full of vitality, whether he can return in the next game depends on his pre-game training.