The Golden State Warriors played 17 games in the NBA season's first month, but had only a handful of practices. That's going to change next week.

Wednesday’s game will complete Golden State’s fifth back-to-back set of the season as the Warriors play their 17th game (12 on the road) in 30 days to open the season.

The bulk of the Warriors’ core is questionable or out for Wednesday’s game against the Heat, one day after Steve Kerr criticized the team’s difficult early schedule.

The Indiana Pacers (1-8) play for the second night in a row as they visit the Golden State Warriors. Indiana's lone win this season came against the Warriors in Indianapolis. The Pacers have won in Golden State in six straight seasons. Here's what you should know about the game.

Ex-Suns star Eddie Johnson did not agree with Steve Kerr's remarks about the difficulty of the Warriors' schedule.

The Warriors have already slogged through five back-to-backs this season. No other team has played four. The Rockets have yet to play one. The Lakers, the league’s precious children, just came off a stretch where they played only two games in nine days.

Coaching Portland was Tiago Splitter, who is the acting head coach as Chauncey Billups is currently embroiled in a gambling scandal. It was the Warriors’ third Emirates In-Season Tournament game, with Golden State having lost the first game in Denver 129-104 and beaten San Antonio 109-108.

The Golden State Warriors begin the schedule-equalizing portion of their season Friday night when they get a revenge matchup at home against the Portland Trail Blazers in an NBA Cup game.