Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, Al Horford and Brandin Podziemski are set to return for the 0-3 Warriors in Denver

The Golden State Warriors expect their four missing regulars back for Monday’s game against the Denver Nuggets. Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, Al Horford and Brandin Podziemski are not listed on the league’s injury report for the game, which leaves the 0-3 Warriors with something close to their full rotation for the first time this week.

All four sat out Saturday’s 131-122 loss to the Phoenix Suns on the second night of a back-to-back. Curry was held out for management of his right knee, Podziemski and Horford for lower back management, and Green was ruled out with lower back soreness an hour before tip-off after being listed as questionable and then doubtful. Rotoworld also reported the four as available, citing the same official report.

Gui Santos is the one new question. He is questionable with tendinitis in his left knee after leaving the game in Phoenix in the third quarter, a problem he called minor afterward. Brandon Williams is probable with soreness in his lower back, and Charles Bassey is probable with right patellar tendinopathy.

What the returns change

Golden State played Saturday with a starting five of Yaxel Lendeborg, Brandon Williams, Graham Ike, Will Richard and Santos. The group kept the game close for three quarters behind Lendeborg’s 26 points and 25 off the bench from De’Anthony Melton, but Phoenix made 36 of its 49 two-point attempts and Devin Booker scored 43.

Green’s return matters most inside. With Kristaps Porzingis still away from the team, Green has spent long stretches at center, and Horford is the only other experienced big. Green has been more playmaker than scorer so far, with 14 assists and 7 points in two games, along with nine turnovers. Curry and Podziemski push Williams and Richard back toward the bench, while Jimmy Butler (right ACL repair) and Moses Moody (left patellar tendon repair) remain out after surgery.

Denver comes in on a high after erasing a 23-point deficit to beat the New Orleans Pelicans 141-135 in overtime on Saturday, when Jamal Murray scored 42. The Nuggets had not filed their injury report for Monday at the time of the 6 p.m. ET update. Every status is on our NBA injury report page.

What comes next

The Warriors visit the Nuggets at Ball Arena on Monday, October 26, at 10 p.m. ET (5 a.m. Tuesday in Cairo), still looking for their first win: Warriors at Nuggets Game Center. Saturday’s loss is in the Warriors-Suns Game Center.