Warriors Starter Ruled Out Hour Before Kings Game

Kristaps Porzingis (knee) was ruled out for Tuesday's game between the Godlen State Warriors and Sacramento Kings at Chase Center.

He was previously listed as questionable.

Porzingis joins Gui Santos (pelvic contusion), LJ Cryer (illness), Al Horford (calf) and Quinten Post (foot) on the out list.

UPDATE: Will Richard was a last-minute scratch, making it so the Warriors have just 10 active players.

Stephen Curry, who returned from a 27-game absence on Sunday, will play. Steve Kerr said Curry is expected to play a similar number of minutes as he did against the Rockets when he played 26.

Warriors' Starting Lineup and Depth Chart for Tuesday's Game

Golden State will have Curry come off the bench for the second straight game. It will start Brandin Podziemski, De'Anthony Melton, Will Richard, Malevy Leons and Draymond Green.

The Warriors will be relying heavily on Charles Bassey, who signed a contract with Golden State on Sunday, and two-way players Nate Williams and Leons to play frontcourt minutes against the Kings.

PG: Pat Spencer, Stephen Curry
SG: De'Anthony Melton, Gary Payton II, Seth Curry
SF: Brandin Podziemski, Nate Williams
PF: Malevy Leons
C: Draymond Green, Charles Bassey

Brandin Podziemski is listed as a small forward here, but on the Warriors website, he's listed as a guard.

In fact, the Warriors have just four active players over 6'4".

Suffice to say, the Warriors will be playing small lineups throughout Tuesday's game, but they can probably get away with it against the Kings, who are without Domantas Sabonis, Russell Westbrook, Zach Lavine, DeMar DeRozan, Keegan Murray, De'Andre Hunter and Drew Eubanks.

Clippers 1 Win Away from Locking Warriors into 10th Spot

The Warriors need to win out and the Clippers to lose out to finish in ninth place in the Western Conference standings.

Here is what each team's schedule looks like:

Clippers

4/7 vs. Dallas
4/8 vs. OKC
4/10 @ Portland
4/12 vs. Golden State

Warriors

4/7 vs. Sacramento
4/9 vs. Lakers
4/10 @ Sacramento
4/12 @ Clippers

It would not be surprising if the Warriors won out, but the Clippers aren't likely to lose to the Mavericks, and they could easily beat the Trail Blazers.

The Warriors will likely finish 10th, which will mean they'll have to win two road games in the play-in tournament to make the playoffs.