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Jonathan Kuminga problems are returning for the Warriors

They've been a more dynamic and fluid team in his absence. Sounds familiar, doesn't it?

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The Golden State Warriors, apart from their tough loss to the Orlando Magic on Tuesday night, have largely found their footing in the landscape of a tough Western Conference.

Yet, through this stretch, Jonathan Kuminga has been sidelined with a knee injury, and, frankly, the team has looked better in his absence. According to Sam Vecenie, on the latest episode of the Game Theory Podcast, things indeed look cleaner without Kuminga:

"It's not an accident to me that [Jonathan Kuminga] played 360 minutes this year, and, in the minutes that he's played, they lose by 3.