{"id":708649,"date":"2026-04-12T03:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T03:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/708649\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T03:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T03:36:16","slug":"warriors-hopeful-for-curry-and-porzingis-return-friday-vs-kings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/708649\/","title":{"rendered":"Warriors &#8216;hopeful&#8217; for Curry and Porzingis return Friday vs. Kings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Locked in to the 10th and final Play-In Tournament spot, the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/golden-state-warriors\/9\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Golden State Warriors;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Golden State Warriors&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Golden State Warriors<\/a> are trying to gain momentum ahead of a postseason run.<\/p>\n<p>That said, an inconsistent lineup due to injuries has caused the Warriors to lose five of their last six games, including Thursday night&#8217;s game against the Los Angeles Lakers.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>However, with a matchup scheduled against the Sacramento Kings on the second night of a back-to-back Friday, the Warriors could get some reinforcements.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/anthonyVslater\/status\/2042397667071049804\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:According to;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;According to&quot;}\" class=\"link \">According to<\/a> NBA insider Anthony Slater, Golden State is &#8216;hopeful&#8217; that the trio of Stephen Curry, Kristaps Porzingis and Al Horford will suit up for Friday&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n<p>Curry was sidelined Thursday due to injury management after a brief two-game return. Porzingis has missed the last two contests for Golden State with an illness. As for Horford, he&#8217;s missed nearly a month due to a calf strain, having last suited up March 13.<\/p>\n<p>Assuming the trio can stay healthy, it would give the Warriors two games of preparation together before Wednesday&#8217;s elimination showdown.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Warriors Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/warriorswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/warriors\/2026\/04\/11\/warriors-hopeful-for-curry-and-porzingis-return-friday-vs-kings\/89548002007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Warriors &#039;hopeful&#039; for Curry and Porzingis return Friday vs. Kings;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Warriors &#039;&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Warriors &#8216;hopeful&#8217; for Curry and Porzingis return Friday vs. Kings<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Locked in to the 10th and final Play-In Tournament spot, the Golden State Warriors are trying to gain&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":708650,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[869,4980,7,164,871,150,6,477,573],"class_list":{"0":"post-708649","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-al-horford","9":"tag-anthony-slater","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-golden-state-warriors","12":"tag-kristaps-porzingis","13":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-sacramento-kings","16":"tag-stephen-curry"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116389647708358551","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708649","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=708649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}