The Philadelphia 76ers have a chance to notch their first five-game win streak of the 2025-26 season on Tuesday night when they face the Golden State Warriors.
The Sixers opened this back-to-back last night, defeating the Los Angeles Clippers (sans James Harden) thanks in no small part to a career-night from Dominick Barlow. The hero of the evening posted a career-high 26 points on 10-of-16 shooting along with 16 rebounds and two steals. Alright then, Dom.
The Sixers have now strung together four victories in a row for the first time since starting the season 4-0. Yes, tonight is unfortunately another 10 p.m. ET tipoff. It’s also another back-to-back for Philadelphia, their 10th of the season. For what it’s worth, the Sixers are 6-3 so far this year on zero days rest.
This game is going to offer a golden (pun intended) opportunity to keep momentum in Philadelphia’s favor, too, with the Warriors coming into Tuesday’s contest without their biggest stars. Steph Curry, who really needs no introduction at this point in his career, leads Golden State averaging 27.2 points (shooting 39.1% from long range on a 11.5 attempt per game clip in 39 games this season) but will be sidelined for this one due to knee soreness. Jimmy Butler, the team’s second-highest scorer posting 20.0 points per contest across 38 games, is out for the rest of the season after tearing his ACL back in mid-January.
Jonathan Kuminga, Seth Curry and LJ Cryer are also all out for the Warriors. Moses Moody is probable with left knee soreness.
This being the second leg of a back-to-back and a West Coast time zone game, the official injury report for Philadelphia will not be available until later today. The Sixers’ only absence on Monday was Paul George, out for another 23 games after being suspended for violating the league’s drug policy. Joel Embiid did play last night against the Clippers, posting 24 points. Embiid has not played a game on zero days rest all season, so one would expect him to be unavailable for Tuesday night’s contest.
We will bring you official availability information when it’s released.
Regardless, this is the perfect chance for the Sixers to keep momentum on their side, even on a West Coast road trip, a situation that can sometimes just be a matter of survival until you can get back home. The Warriors without Steph Curry are simply not the Warriors. The squad’s offensive rating goes from 119.3 with Steph down to 104.9 with him sidelined. He is responsible for 20 percent of the team’s total made triples the entire season despite having only played in 39 of 50 possible games. Curry has sunk 488 threes this campaign, with the next highest Warrior being Moses Moody with 277.
And, to be fair, even with Curry the Warriors have been a bit shaky this season to say the least. They currently sit in eighth in the Western Conference at 27-23 and have lost four of their last six games.
The only other meeting the Sixers have had with the Warriors this season, back on Dec. 4, 2025, ended in dramatic fashion with rookie VJ Edgecombe hitting the go-ahead shot down one end and Tyrese Maxey coming up with a huge block on De’Anthony Melton down the other end as time expired. The Sixers won 99-98. Curry was absent for that contest as well.
Back to tonight. Even if it is the second leg of a back-to-back for the Sixers, anything other than a victory on Tuesday night would mean a wasted opportunity.
The Sixers and Warriors tip off at 10 p.m. ET (sorry).
Game Details
When: Tuesday, February 3, 10:00 p.m. ET
Where: Chase Center, San Francisco, CA
Watch: NBC Sports Philadelphia Plus
Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic
Follow: @LibertyBallers
