SAN FRANCISCO– As one of the oldest teams in the NBA, the challenge for the Golden State Warriors this season will be maintaining their health over the course of 82 games. That means managing the minutes of their stars Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler, and Draymond Green, as well as strictly regimenting the games 39-year-old center Al Horford plays this year.

After the Warriors' practice Monday morning, head coach Steve Kerr reconfirmed that Horford will not play both ends on back-to-back games this season, a carryover from how the Boston Celtics and Joe Mazzulla managed the veteran center's rest .

“Al [Horford] won't play in the back-to-back,” Kerr said, referring to the upcoming back-to-back versus Denver then Portland later this week. “We announced that already, he's not going to p

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