Warriors running out of time to test run Steph Curry, Kristaps Porzingis pairing
Stephen Curry is questionable and Kristaps Porzingis has been ruled out for Thursday against the Los Angeles Lakers, leaving two games for the duo to find a groove before the play-in tournament.
Center-forward Kristaps Porzingis talks with forward Quinten Post, left, on the bench in the second half against the San Antonio Spurs at Chase Center on Feb. 11. (Carlos Avila Gonzalez/S.
F. Chronicle) Stephen Curry and Kristaps Porzingis are running out of games to find a groove. After returning from runner's knee to play the last two games for the Golden State Warriors, Curry (right knee injury management) is questionable to play Thursday against the Los Angeles Lakers at Chase Center.
Porzingis has been ruled out with an illness after missing Tuesday's matchup with the Sacramento Kings. Golden State has two games left - Friday in Sacramento and Sunday at the Los Angeles Clippers - in the regular season after Thursday and thus two games to prepare to play in the Western Conference play-in tournament. The Warriors clinched the No.
10 seed and will need to win a pair of games - the first on the road against the Clippers or Portland Trail Blazers and the second against either the Clippers, Blazers or Phoenix Suns - to make the playoffs as the No. 8 seed. Their hope was that the final week of the regular season could help them iron out their kinks and cultivate chemistry before the postseason.