The Warriors abandoned Kuminga in the crucial finale of the regular season, and the coach revealed the reason, and Curry had something to say

The NBA Warriors lost to the Clippers on the 14th and decided to fall into the play-offs, and the 22-year-old forward Kuminga was listed as a "DNP-Coach's Decision" by head coach Cole today, and it is also the first time he has been coached by the coach since the second round of the 2023 Western Conference playoffs. Most of his teammates had already left the court after the game, and only Kuminga was left to practice shooting.

Warriors head coach Bill and Kuminga

According to NBC Sports Bay Area, Cole reached out to Kuminga a few hours before the game, telling him that he would not enter the rotation in the first quarter, and said that it would be arranged depending on the situation of the game, but Cole did not explicitly say at the time that Kuminga would not play the whole game because he was not sure.

In the middle of the first quarter of today's game, the timing of Kuminga's appearance should have been changed to Gary Payton II Jr., but in the end, Kuminga's playing time was divided between other bench players, and the Warriors allocated most of their playing time to the starters, including Butler who played a full 48 minutes.

After the game, Kerr said that since Butler joined, the Warriors have found a better combination, "Gui Santos didn't play in this game, but he was our player with the highest plus/minus in the last two months. He and Kuminga are both influential players for us and not playing today doesn't mean they're excluded from future plans, it's just that this game is going to be like that. ”

Warriors brother Curry said frankly after the game about Kuminga's sitting on the bench: "I can only be ready at any time, this is a test for young players in the league, especially our team, there is really no time for him today." But don't be distracted by the noise or too much attention outside the break room and disrupt your influence on the field. ”

The Warriors lost the last three games to the Spurs and the Clippers, with a record of 48 wins and 34 losses, and can only play the play-in games with the Grizzlies to fight for the position of the seventh seed in the West. If they lose, they will have to play another game against the No. 9 Kings or the No. 10 Mavericks to fight for the No. 8 seed in the West.