Warriors lose four more players to injury as slide continues - ESPN

SAN FRANCISCO — The freefalling Golden State Warriors lost four more players due to injury Friday night and also lost a fourth consecutive game, 127-117 to the Minnesota Timberwolves, to continue their tumble down the Western Conference standings.

Veteran forward Draymond Green was scratched 30 minutes before tip-off because of lower back soreness. Veteran center Al Horford left after five minutes with right calf tightness. Veteran guard Seth Curry limped to the locker room in the second quarter with left adductor soreness. And second-year center Quinten Post sprained his left ankle.

«We're going through it,» Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. «We're about as beaten up as any team I can ever remember.»

The Warriors have been missing their two best players for more than a month. Jimmy Butler tore an ACL in early January and is out for the season. Stephen Curry has been sidelined since Jan. 30 because of a persistent right knee issue.

Stephen Curry missed his 16th consecutive game Friday night, and the Warriors have gone 5-11 in that stretch to fall to 32-34, two games behind the LA Clippers (winners of four straight) for the eighth seed in the Western Conference.

Green's back issue doesn't appear to be serious. He was spotted in the locker room after Friday's game and appeared to be moving around fine. There was no official word on the severity of the injuries to Post's ankle or Seth Curry's adductor. Kerr did call Horford's calf injury a «strain» and indicated an expectation that he would miss time.

«With a calf, we're not going to rush him back,» Kerr said.

This latest wave of injuries comes at an inopportune time for the Warriors. They begin a six-game road trip on Sunday night in New York against the 43-25 Knicks and