On Feb. 2, the Warriors suffered another loss to injury as Kevon Looney sprained his ankle. Already thin in the frontcourt with James Wiseman (sprained left wrist) Marquese Chriss (broken leg), Alen Smailagic (knee surgery recovery, G League assignment), the Dubs leaned on Juan Toscano-Anderson to join Draymond Green and Eric Paschall in getting some serious minutes at the four and five positions.
He had played just one game since Jan. 3 before being thrusted into the early February matchup against the Boston Celtics, but Toscano-Anderson came out and dropped 16 points in 23 minutes of action.
Following the game, Head Coach Steve Kerr had nothing but rave reviews about the Oakland-born forward who is on a two-way contract with the Warriors, saying: “What a skill to be able to not even be active for 10 days or so and come in and prepare day-after-day for his chance and his chance comes and he comes out and kills it.