Steve Kerr Says Warriors Are 'Beaten Up' Amid Injury Issues, Losing Streak, 'We're Going Through It'

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr is running out of ways to explain all of the injuries on the team after three more players went down during Friday's 127-117 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Kerr told reporters afterward the Warriors are "beaten up" right now and "going through it" having lost four straight games.

"We're going through it," Kerr said. "We're about as beaten up as any team I can ever remember."

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The injuries started prior to tipoff when the Warriors announced Draymond Green had been downgraded to out. He was originally listed as questionable due to a back injury.

After the game started, Al Horford, Seth Curry and Quinten Post were all injured in the first half. Brandin Podziemski, Gui Santos and Will Richard played the most minutes for Kerr in the second half.

Horford's injury might be the most significant because it was a calf strain. Kerr commented that they are "not going to rush him back" onto the court. Curry was dealing with adductor soreness. Post suffered a sprained ankle.

In addition to the new injuries that popped up on Friday, the Warriors announced on Wednesday that Stephen Curry will miss at least another 10 days due to the lingering knee issues that have kept him out since Jan. 30.

Despite their recent struggles and injury issues, the Warriors are actually in a good position to avoid feeling like they have to rush anyone back for seeding purposes.

Golden State is close to a lock for the play-in tournament, with a spot in the 9-10 game its most likely outcome. The Warriors (32-34) are nine games up on the Memphis Grizzlies (23-43), who are the first team outside the play-in tournament in the Western Conference, with 16 games remaining.

Play-in seeding is undecided because the Warriors are only one game up in the loss column on the Portland Trail Blazers for the No. 10 seed. The higher seed will host the first play-in game.

It's plausible that the Warriors could catch the Los Angeles Clippers (34-32) in the No. 8 seed to potentially avoid having to play two play-in games to make the postseason, but the state of their roster right now is such that their primary focus should be on making sure their best players are healthy regardless of where they are at in the standings.

Since moving a season-high six games over .500 on Jan. 19 (25-19), the Warriors have lost 15 of 22 games. They are 23-16 with Curry in the lineup, but 9-18 in 27 games without him.