Jonathan Kuminga began the season as a small forward in the Golden State Warriors starting lineup. He was flanked by Draymond Green and Trayce Jackson-Davis. However, after struggling to produce on offense for the opening three games,

Kerr didn’t explain his decision before the game because he declined to share his starting lineup with the media. After the win, in which his lineup patterns worked, he said bringing Kuminga off the bench was matchup-based.

The Golden State Warriors entered Saturday’s action leading the NBA by averaging a whopping 61 bench points per game. Though they fell one point shy of that mind-blowing number while beating the Washington Wizards 125-112,

For more on this and other news around the NBA, here is our latest news round-up for Monday, November 4th: Warriors News: Kuminga’s growth mindset on display in Warriors’ rece

The Golden State Warriors still aren’t quite back at full-strength. De’Anthony Melton remains sidelined on Monday in the nation’s capital, dealing with nagging low back pain that caused him to miss most of last season with the Philadelphia 76ers and reared its ugly head again in mid-October amid the Warriors’ exhibition slate.