Andrew Wiggins returned to the Warriors’ facility on Tuesday after tending to a personal family matter last week, league sources told The Athletic. Wiggins missed the previous four games.
Wiggins flew back to the Bay Area on Monday and attended practice Tuesday afternoon. He isn’t listed on the team’s injury report and is expected to be in the lineup as the Warriors begin a three-game homestand Wednesday night against the Milwaukee Bucks, coach Steve Kerr told reporters. Golden State will then host the Chicago Bulls on Thursday and the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday in San Francisco.
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Without Wiggins, the Warriors went 3-1 on their four-game trip last week, winning in Washington D.C., New York and Toronto before getting blasted by 52 points Sunday afternoon in Boston.
In Wiggins’ place, Golden State has been starting Moses Moody, who again made a strong case for increased minutes. But Wiggins is likely to slide back into his starting small forward role, bumping Moody back to the bench in a crowded rotation.
The Warriors enter the week with a 32-28 record, currently 10th in the Western Conference but threatening to climb. They are 11-3 in their last 14 games, placing them within two games of the Sacramento Kings all the way up at the seventh seed and only 3 1/2 games back of the New Orleans Pelicans at the fifth spot.
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