Are the Warriors even able make it to the play-in round, especially in their current state? Steph Curry's supporting cast is minus Brandin Podziemski and Jonathan Kuminga tonight and quite possibly Draymond Green, who missed Monday's loss at Toronto due to illness. Short of fortifications added before the trade deadline, not sure Golden State's path back upwards in the Western Conference; the Warriors are 7-17 across their last 24 games. Meanwhile the T-wolves seem to turn things around in the current 4-1 stretch. These teams split a back-to-back pair at Chase Center Dec. 6-8 before a flat Minnesota effort when slumping at home two weeks later (Dec. 21). Golden State has been on a 3-9 SU skid since. Play T-wolves

The Warriors lack size again, they are a bottom eight team at allowing rebounds to opponents over the last 15 games and Gobert saves his best for games against them. He is averaging 11 per game at home and 10.7 per game in three meetings with the Warriors this season. In his last 20 games against Golden State, Gobert has at least 11 rebounds in 17 of them; in the other three games he had 9, 10 and 10. That's remarkable consistency. Over that 20-game sample vs GS, he averages 15.5 rebounds per game. And he is over this number in four of the last five games overall, so it's no stretch in his current form. Have to ride this match-up.