Game 48: Warriors and Wolves try to provide a brief diversion in early 6:30pm Pacific game

Steph and Dray questionable to play; Out: Al, Jonathan, De'Anthony and of course Jimmy

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GAME DETAILS

WHO: Golden State Warriors (26-21) at Minnesota Timberwolves (27-19)

WHEN: Monday, January 26th, 2026; 6:30pm PST ←early game alert!

WATCH: I think Peacock and NBCSN, but who really knows?

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Injury Report

The Kuminga saga has been widely dissected and discussed to death, but just a quick complaint to the basketball gods about bad luck injuries. Just when Kuminga started to get finally get things rolling in December 2024, he got injured and then he never quite got his footing after the arrival of Jimmy Butler.

Then after the thrilling first few games of 2025-26 showed he could be a stunning complementary player, his play declined mostly likely because of playing through the injury that eventually sidelined him for most of November. He struggled on his return and the debut of De’Anthony Melton reconfigured the team and made JK the odd man out.

Then when all the ill stars aligned to force Kuminga back into the lineup for his redemption arc, and just when JK poured in a bunch of points per minute in two thrilling games, he suffered another injury. Perfectly timed before the trade deadline too. So it is possible we’ve seen the last of Kuminga in a Warriors uniform.

I don’t have a point here or anyone to blame. It’s just a shame. It reminds me a lot of the other star-crossed pick James Wiseman. In retrospect, JW was never going to make it on the Warriors, but he also had a number of extended absences including missing all of his second year, which just dragged out the whole relationship and kept us in a perpetual state of uncertainty and just made it impossible to assess him and move on.

Prediction

Out for sure

• Jimmy Butler

• Jonathan Kuminga

• Al Horford

• De’Anthony Melton

Probably out

• Steph Curry

• Draymond Green

So having the

However, given the highly distracted state of the city of Minneapolis, anything is possible on the basketball court.

Prediction: Warriors win in an uneasy game where we all try to forget for a while about the horrible events in the surrounding city.

On Site Comments and Politics

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