Warriors' Brandin Podziemski status in doubt vs. Rockets with weird illness after Jimmy Butler injury

Billy Heyen

Warriors' Brandin Podziemski status in doubt vs. Rockets with weird illness after Jimmy Butler injury image

Brandin Podziemski didn't have any injury concerns after Game 1 against the Rockets.

But on Wednesday, he ate the wrong thing.

Warriors coach Steve Kerr shared that fact with reporters before Game 2.

And after Podziemski was questionable pregame but started anyway, he eventually departed Wednesday's game.

Podziemski was downgraded back to questionable due to the food-related illness that apparently was acting up.

This was a breakout season for Podziemski, who shone in the second half of the campaign. He averaged nearly 12 points per game in the regular season.

Without Podziemski, the likes of former college lacrosse star Pat Spencer were getting minutes.

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Matters weren't helped by Jimmy Butler's brutal fall in the first quarter that sent him to the locker room, too.

Players are falling like flies for Golden State.

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Billy Heyen

Billy Heyen is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University who has written about many sports and fantasy sports for The Sporting News. Sports reporting work has also appeared in a number of newspapers, including the Sandusky Register and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle