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Wheatry for the Bay Area News Group. And Steve Kerr's decision to change the starting

lineup paid off as the Warriors got out to an early lead and led wire to wire in their

130 to 108 win over the Timberwolves Monday night at Chase Center. With the previous starting

lineup featuring rookie James Wiseman at Center struggling, Steve Kerr swapped Wiseman for Kavanaugh in the rotation. That lineup,

consisting of Looney, Steph Curry, Kelly Ubre, Andrew Wiggins, and Draymond Green, blitzed a Minnesota

team that was without D'Angelo Russell, out with a quad injury, and Carl Anthony Towns, who

is out with the coronavirus, and opened up a 16-point lead midway

through the opening period.

The change came after the Warriors' starting lineup had been outscored by a combined 74

points over the last 12 games and dropped their last two games to the Knicks and the Jazz

by a combined 34 points.

But after Saturday's loss to the Jazz, Kerr said that they were going

to have to assess everything.

That led to the decision to insert Kavanaughan Looney into the starting lineup for Wiseman,

who look at 19 years old, he's raw, he has trouble defending consistently, screening

effectively for Steph.

But in his five-plus seasons in Golden State, Looney has developed a timing with

Curry. He's especially good as a screener. This was made evident early on. Curry

curled around a Looney screen, made his first three-point of the game with about a minute

and a half into the game. Overall, the Warriors outscored the Timberwolves by 21 points when Looney was on the floor.

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