Warriors guard Brandon Williams out at least a week with hamstring strain
Reserve guard Brandon Williams strained his left hamstring in Monday night's win, per ESPN.
It's a quiet news cycle around the Warriors, and the one item that matters is a bench injury.
The injury
Williams will miss at least a week after straining his left hamstring during Monday night's win, sources told ESPN. The headline describes the strain as mild, which is the best version of this news. There is no word in the reporting on a specific return date beyond that one-week minimum.
The Warriors won the game, but they lost a reserve guard in it.
What it means
Williams is a reserve, so this isn't a starting-lineup shake-up. Bench guards still matter, though. They keep the tempo steady when the starters sit, and when one goes down, someone else absorbs those minutes.
Who gets them is the open question. The reporting doesn't say how the Warriors plan to cover the gap, so that's something to watch in the next few games. If the strain really is mild, this may be a short detour and not a lasting hole.
The injury is also easy to read too much into. The word "mild" is doing real work. Hamstrings can linger, though, so expect the Warriors to be careful and the return date to depend on how he responds.
Elsewhere
ESPN's latest league-wide Power Rankings and its look at the best newcomer on every team came out Wednesday morning. The summary doesn't say anything specific about Golden State, so there is nothing to pass along from it here.
That leaves a short digest: a win on Monday, a minor injury to a reserve guard, and a wait for the next update on his status.