The Golden State Warriors fell to the Oklahoma City Thunder 104-97 in Kristaps Porzingis' second game back from injury. The forward contributed nine points and five rebounds, stating he feels his health is finally on the right path for a strong postseason run.
Golden State Warriors narrowly lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder 104-97 in a road trip to the NBA champions.
After spending two weeks on the sidelines, Kristaps Porzingis returned to the court and played his second game for the Golden State Warriors since being traded to the Bay.
Latvian forward contributed with a modest 9 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in 23 minutes on the court.
Porzingis noted post-game that he feels better than in the recent past, and expressed how much it hurt to be on the sidelines:
"I felt like my body is coming back to where it needs to be. Obviously, got one workout in, but it was pretty decent," Porzingis started.
"Especially after getting traded, I just wanted to return as soon as possible, so it was stinging me a little bit to miss a streak of games, but it was okay today."
"I still feel a little bit heavy, shots are not in good rhythm yet, but it will get better with each game," he said.
Porzingis is optimistic that he is finally on the right path to return to full form after suffering from health issues:
"This time I really feel that this is it, it was a lot of times when I was playing through some health stuff, but I think this is the right path now. With these last 20 games of the regular season or so, I hope to be in good shape for the postseason," he concluded.
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