{"id":25389,"date":"2025-01-14T00:54:11","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T00:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=25389"},"modified":"2025-01-14T00:54:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T00:54:11","slug":"update-warriors-wing-andrew-wiggins-expected-to-play-in-homecoming-game-vs-raptors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=25389","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Warriors wing Andrew Wiggins expected to play in homecoming game vs. Raptors"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header article-header\">\n<div class=\"header-title-area\">\n<div class=\"headline-area\">\n<div class=\"headlines\">\n<h2 class=\"subheadline\">Wiggins missed the past two games for personal reasons<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article-content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"header-features default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hardwoodheroics.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/03\/USATSI_22646673_168400517_lowres-scaled.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Warriors Update: Wiggins' Status Amid Family Crisis\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>TORONTO \u2014 Andrew Wiggins rejoined the Warriors in his hometown of Toronto after missing the past two games for personal reasons, setting him up to play against the Raptors on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>Wiggins, 29, flew back from Detroit to the Bay Area earlier this week, missing Golden State\u2019s back-to-back for personal reasons Steve Kerr said would be short-term. Kerr expects Wiggins to suit up against the Raptors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe love Wiggs, need Wiggs,\u201d Steph Curry said after the Warriors\u2019 practice in the Scotiabank Arena. \u201cWe\u2019re not complete without him. With (Jonathan Kuminga) being out, it\u2019s even more of an emphasis with him on the wing. We need him, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wiggins has never played against the Raptors in Toronto as a Warrior. In fact, the last time Wiggins played an NBA game in Toronto was in 2018. The only time between then and Monday he played against the Raptors on the road was when Toronto was playing its home games in Tampa, Florida because of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Kuminga is in a walking boot and not expected to return from his significant ankle sprain for at least two more weeks. Earlier this week, the Warriors played a game without Wiggins, Kuminga, Moses Moody, Brandin Podziemski and Gary Payton II, leaving them almost completely bereft of wings. Gui Santos seized the opportunity well with his energy, but he\u2019s not a viable option long-term.<\/p>\n<p>Without Kuminga, the Warriors need Wiggins to be more aggressive offensively. He\u2019s averaging 16.4 points per game on 39.8% shooting from behind the arc while regularly defending the opposing team\u2019s best player \u2014 in an indubitably strong bounce-back season. But desperation from the injury report calls for more scoring volume from the two-way forward.<\/p>\n<p>Curry and Draymond Green are also each expected to play against the Raptors. They both practiced after missing the second leg of the Warriors\u2019 back-to-back in Indiana. Gary Payton II (calf strain) also scrimmaged and is trending toward a return.<\/p>\n<p>Podziemski (abdominal strain), however, isn\u2019t yet close to coming back. Monday will be his eighth straight missed game \u2014 the longest absence of his career. It has been hard on Podziemski mentally, he said, but he\u2019s in good hands with head trainer Rick Celebrini, who has specialized in the core muscle group for years.<\/p>\n<p>Podziemski said Celebrini is helping him re-learn how to run properly, with more efficient movements that should put less strain on vulnerable muscles. He didn\u2019t participate in the team\u2019s scrimmage on Sunday.<\/p>\n<h3>Notable<\/h3>\n<p>\u2014 Steve Kerr said he plans to visit his burned-down childhood home in Pacific Palisades as soon as he and his family are allowed to, but won\u2019t miss a game for it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Warriors\u2019 game on Wednesday night in Minneapolis was moved from a 7 p.m. tipoff to 8:30 p.m. That matchup is the bookend of their current four-game, week-long road trip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Averaging 16.4 points per game, Wiggins is having a strong bounce-back season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25391,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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