HOUSTON – After sweeping a six-game homestand to extend their win streak to eight straight, the Warriors on Wednesday will begin a strenuous five-game road trip without one of their most important bench pieces. Backup point guard Brandon Williams scored four points on three shot attempts in only one minute and 39 seconds during the first quarter of the Warriors’ 51-point blowout against the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday night. But he exited the game as quickly as his speedy first step because of feeling something wrong in his left hamstring. Luckily for him and the Warriors, the worst-case scenario was avoided.
An MRI on Tuesday revealed Williams has a mild left hamstring strain and will be re-evaluated in one week.
Williams is averaging 10.4 points in 16.1 minutes per game. He scored 14 points in his team debut and has reached double figures in five of the nine full games he has played. Without Williams, the Warriors will turn to another undersized point guard, LJ Cryer, who is in his second season on a two-way contract.
But, the two are much different players.
“A little bit of maybe less layups, more...