Warriors' Klay Thompson held out in loss to Magic due to knee soreness; Steve Kerr calls move 'precautionary'
The Golden State Warriors have had guys in and out of the lineup all season due to injury, and their game of musical players continued on Saturday night against the Orlando Magic. The Warriors got two key contributors back for their 115-101 loss to Orlando in Andre Iguodala and Andrew Wiggins. Iguodala made his season debut in the game, while Wiggins played in his first game in over a month after missing the previous 15 contests due to an adductor injury and then an illness. But while those players entered the lineup, another exited. Klay Thompson was ruled out of the game shortly before tipoff due to left knee soreness. The news was concerning given that the left knee is the knee in which Thompson suffered a torn ACL in 2019. The issues doesn't seem too serious however. After the game, Warriors coach Steve Kerr called the move to sit Thompson "precautionary" after Thompson felt some soreness duri...