Kristaps Porziņģis will be on a minutes restriction when the Warriors face the Clippers in Wednesday’s play-in tournament game, Steve Kerr said Monday. Kerr said Steph Curry, Al Horford and Porziņģis all will be limited in the do-or-die matchup.
Porziņģis was in and out of the lineup over the final few weeks of the regular season, and in April he averaged 25 minutes across four appearances. Kerr said none of the three players will go 40 minutes on Wednesday, underscoring how closely the team is managing its top options with the season on the line.
The workload cap matters because Wednesday’s game leaves no margin for a slow start or a late medical setback. Porziņģis has been available inconsistently down the stretch, and the team is entering one of its biggest games with a clear limit on how much it can ask from him.
That leaves the Warriors balancing urgency against caution. Kerr’s message was simple: the minutes will be controlled, and the pressure of the night will have to be shared.
