Warriors coach Kerr lauds Kuminga’s Game 3, mulls Butler’s minutes load

Steve Kerr knows the Warriors biggest challenge with Steph Curry out injured will be scoring Jimmy Butler and Jonathan Kuminga combined for points on Saturday night but it wasn t enough to earn a win as Golden State lost - in Contest of its playoff series with the Minnesota Timberwolves He ll need more than points from the rest of his gang to win Battle on Monday p m PT TNT I m very confident that both JK and Jimmy will play well but to expect points combined again is perhaps unrealistic the Warriors coach disclosed in a Sunday conference call Kuminga who had been out of the Warriors rotation scored including three -pointers on four attempts He is -of- from the field over the last two games as the Warriors have turned to his aggressive offense to keep them in games without Curry Really a fantastic effort from JK and really happy for him Kerr reported The way he stayed ready through the last couple of weeks where things hadn t gone his way and we re going to need him obviously going forward Butler led Golden State with points on shots and minutes At years old and less than two weeks removed from a glute injury that forced him to miss Meeting of the Warriors series against Houston Butler is still signaling to Kerr that he s ready to take on more In hindsight I would have loved to have gotten him a couple more minutes of rest during the meat of the event but it s tricky Kerr reported As I announced without Steph we re walking a fine line so we ve got to balance the menace of keeping him off the floor versus the gain of getting him a little more rest Emphasizing the details Curry is out for Monday s event and his hamstring injury which he suffered in Competition will be re-evaluated on Wednesday before Contest Related Articles Warriors defense comes and goes with Draymond Green in loss to Timberwolves Warriors claim they are not desperate after wasting vintage Playoff Jimmy performance Why Warriors shooting woes are exacerbated without Steph Curry Curry-less Warriors squander big nights from Butler Kuminga in Match loss Warriors Kerr credits Timberwolves for response to racially charged event Kerr stated he wants his gang to focus on contest plan details rather than anything they can t control including great individual efforts from Wolves stars Anthony Edwards second-half points and Julius Randle triple-double whom the coach credited for Minnesota s surge after halftime You can t really control Anthony Edwards making a fadeaway from the wing with one second on the shot clock You re not going to be able to do anything about that Kerr stated But you can do something about the offensive rebounds kick-out s losing vision on cutters all those things are controllable About those foul calls As for the officiating Kerr lauded the control that crew chief Scott Foster and his group created early in the contest but disagreed with two late fouls on Draymond Green a blocking foul that he challenged unsuccessfully and a shooting foul at the rim that was Green s sixth I thought the one we challenged was a charge I understand when the league talks about legal guarding position but I think that is superseded by an offensive contestant going through your chest Kerr disclosed Those are reliably subjective calls and you just live with them I didn t like the sixth one but it doesn t matter