Two in, two out in rotation of injuries

The Warriors welcomed center Willie CauleyStein and guard Alec Burks back from injuries Wednesday night against the Suns, but they’ll be without two rotation players — center Kevon Looney and guard Jacob Evans —fora while.

Looney will miss at least the next four games, all of which are at Chase Center, with right hamstring tightness that stems from a neuropathic condition. Meanwhile, Evans will miss at least the next three weeks with an adductor strain in his left hip.

Looney, who missed Sunday’s game in Oklahoma City and Monday’s game in New Orleans, is scheduled to meet with specialists early next week in hopes of identifying the root of his neuropathic condition. After

Looney played through the condition for a couple of years, it started to affect his hamstring in recent weeks. The pain became unbearable during Golden State’s seasonopening loss to the Clippers last Thursday.

Until he finds a solution, Looney is doing light workouts with the Warriors’ training staff. He was seen getting up shots pregame Wednesday. With Looney out indefinitely, Golden State head coach Steve Kerr was pleased to get back CauleyStein, who missed the entire preseason and the first three regularseason games with a left midfoot sprain.

“It’s good to get Willie back,” Kerr said. “At least we get one of them back. That’s a big deal for us. We obviously haven’t had much size for us in the early going.”

CauleyStein had 12 points, going 5for5 from the floor and 2for2 from the line, and five rebounds in 12 minutes Wednesday night. Burks scored seven points in 17 minutes.

Evans injured his hip early in Monday’s win over the Pelicans. Under the team’s timetable, he won’t return until at least Nov. 21, a span that would have him miss 13 games.

That’s a setback for someone who, after barely playing as a rookie, had emerged as an important rotation player. In three games this season, Evans has averaged six points and 1.7 rebounds.

“It’s a big blow,” Kerr said of losing Evans. “Jacob has been really good throughout camp and the first week of the season. He’s one of our better defenders on the floor and guarding the ball, especially ...

“Most importantly, just a young player who’s finally getting some minutes to show what he can do. I feel bad for Jacob. He’ll be back. He just has to get healthy, and we’ll be patient.”

Burks should offer the Warriors a scoring punch off the bench after missing the preseason and the first three regularseason games with a sprained right ankle.