Overview

• Steve Kerr confirmed Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler, Draymond Green and Al Horford will play against Portland with a slight minutes increase from the opener.
• Portland’s announced starters are Jrue Holiday, Shaedon Sharpe, Toumani Camara, Jerami Grant and Donovan Clingan, with Deni Avdija opening on the bench.
• Chauncey Billups plans to rotate lineups throughout the four-game slate and expand his rotation to 10–11 players, with Holiday set to sit the second half.
• Injury notes include Scoot Henderson out at least a month with a torn left hamstring, Robert Williams III not in live work, Matisse Thybulle out for the opener, and Warriors guard De’Anthony Melton sidelined; Seth Curry scrimmaged Tuesday with his status uncertain.
• The exhibition tips Oct. 8 at Chase Center in San Francisco with TV coverage on NBA TV and NBC Sports Bay Area, as Golden State continues testing spacing and second-unit combinations.