{"id":635747,"date":"2026-03-03T03:10:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T03:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/635747\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T03:10:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T03:10:18","slug":"warriors-center-porzingis-misses-5th-straight-game-with-illness-coach-steve-kerr-calls-mysterious-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/635747\/","title":{"rendered":"Warriors center Porzingis misses 5th straight game with illness coach Steve Kerr calls &#8220;mysterious&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">SAN FRANCISCO \u2013 Golden State center Kristaps Porzingis is still dealing with a medical issue that has sidelined him for a week and a half.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cIt&#8217;s a little mysterious,\u201d Warriors coach Steve Kerr said before his team hosted the Los Angeles Clipper on Monday night. \u201cWe&#8217;re obviously working with him and hoping that he can get some clarity and he can kind of break through and get to a point to where he&#8217;s consistently healthy. But that&#8217;s something that the medical staff is working hard on with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Porzingis had returned to practice Friday and was listed as questionable for Saturday&#8217;s home loss to the Lakers, then missed his fifth straight game Monday with an illness. It&#8217;s unclear if he will travel for the team&#8217;s upcoming three-game road trip.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Kerr said he spoke with Porzingis earlier Monday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cWe had a good chat. He&#8217;s doing fine,\u201d Kerr said. \u201cHe&#8217;s obviously wanting to be back and wanting answers and we&#8217;ll keep supporting him.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The 7-foot-2 big man from Latvia made his Warriors debut Feb. 19 against his former Boston Celtics team after being acquired in a trade from Atlanta, but hasn&#8217;t played since. He has appeared in just 18 games overall this season, averaging 16.8 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.6 assists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">AP NBA: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/NBA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN FRANCISCO \u2013 Golden State center Kristaps Porzingis is still dealing with a medical issue that has sidelined&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":635748,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,871,6,66,863],"class_list":{"0":"post-635747","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-kristaps-porzingis","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-steve-kerr"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116163053245935774","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=635747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/635748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}