SAN FRANCISCO — The 21-21 Golden State Warriors are 10-10 on the road and 11-11 at home. The latest chapter in this stumble toward mediocrity was one of the more predictable ones. Without several rotation players against a fully stocked Boston Celtics team, the Warriors were blown out by 40 points, 125-85, Monday afternoon in Chase Center.
Advertisement This was the first of what will be several missed games for Draymond Green , who limped off three minutes into Saturday night’s win over the Washington Wizards and has been ruled out for at least a week with a strained left calf. That means the Warriors will be without Green and Jonathan Kuminga against the Sacramento Kings , Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers this week. Brandin Podziemski and Kyle Anderson could return soon.
But Kuminga will remain out significantly longer, and there is no guarantee Green will be seen during the upcoming six-game homestand, which closes with the Utah Jazz , Oklahoma City Thunder , Phoenix Suns and Orlando Magic . That means the Warriors will be without their two best frontcourt players in a stretch Steph Curry called “make or break” for the direction of their season. “We’ve been in situations where we’ve had to chase down the stretch after the All-Star break,” Curry said.
“I think two years of that, it takes a lot out of you. So you have to find a way to stay in the race and the standings. Nobody’s counting game-by-game type thing, but this six- to eight-game stretch can.
