Jonathan Kuminga is, for the shortage of a greater time period, changing into Golden State’s rubbish man. He began the primary three video games of the season however was then relegated to a bench role when Stephen Curry bought injured.
Head coach Steve Kerr defended the choice by stating that he wanted “extra spacing” on the court docket and that Kuminga, a non-shooter, was higher off as a bench participant in Curry’s absence. Honest.
Then, when Curry returned, Kuminga was nonetheless introduced off the bench. However because the Warriors have been rolling, no one blinked a watch.
On Wednesday, Curry was out with knee soreness, and Kuminga was abruptly reinserted into the beginning unit after he missed the final two video games with an sickness.
In simply his fourth begin of the 12 months, coming off an sickness, Kuminga was understandably rusty. He shot 0-of-4 within the first quarter as OKC ran away with a 39-23 lead. Then, within the second, he supplied a spark with 10 factors and carried the shape with one other nine-point third quarter.
Kuminga’s aggression nearly single-handedly introduced the Warriors again into the sport because the Thunder led 84-83 going into the fourth.
