Matt Barnes thrilled to be back with playoff-bound Warriors

The Golden State Warriors returned home for all of a day and Matt Barnes hitched a last-minute ride with a former summer league pal to Sacramento on Tuesday to pick up some clothes and his car before hitting the road again with his new - and old - team. Barnes is thrilled to be back in the Bay Area after a decade away, helping the league's top team try to withstand the devastating loss of leading scorer Kevin Durant to a knee injury that is expected to sideline him at least through this month. ''To come back 10 years later, the organization's changed, players have changed, but to get a chance to be with this group of guys as well is going to be amazing,'' Barnes said Wednesday after shootaround and before his first home game back with the Warriors at Oracle Arena against Boston.