Lee injury pressures reserves

The Warriors’ third-leading scorer, Damion Lee, missed Saturday’s game against Oklahoma City with a bruised right shoulder, leaving a huge hole on a bench that had outscored opponents’ reserves by 43 points in the season’s first five games.

“We’re going to miss his shooting, his playmaking, his intelligence,” Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said before the second of an eight-game homestand.

Lee is averaging 14.2 points per game on 46.2% 3-point shooting. He had the key third-quarter stretch that ignited a comeback Tuesday at Oklahoma City and made the 3-pointer that sent Thursday’s loss against Memphis into overtime.

The fourth-year guard had scored in double figures in each of the Warriors’ first five games.

In his stead, the Warriors asked for more minutes from Jordan Poole, and playing time opened for Chris Chiozza and rookie Moses Moody.

The No. 14 overall pick, Moody was back with the big club Saturday, a day after playing an exhibition game with the franchise’s G League team in Santa Cruz.

Moody, who hadn’t played for Golden State since a 46second stint Tuesday and hadn’t scored since forgetting to take off his mask in the season opener Oct. 19, had 17 points on 7-of-16 shooting (3-of-7 from 3-point range), four assists, three steals, two rebounds and six turnovers for Santa Cruz.

“He’s mature beyond his years, both as a human being and as a player,” Kerr said of the 19-year-old. “It’s mostly just getting in reps since he hasn’t been able to play much for us.”

Two-way contract players Jeff Dowtin and Chiozza also played significant minutes in the 107-96 loss to Mexico City. Dowtin had 20 points, five assists, four rebounds and two steals in 33 minutes, and Chiozza produced two points, two assists and a rebound in 22 minutes.

Kerr offers condolences:

Kerr opened his pregame news conference with well wishes to TNT’s “Inside the NBA” host Ernie Johnson and his family, who are dealing with the death of his son, Michael Johnson.

Michael Johnson, 33, died Friday.

Adopted from Romania, Michael Johnson had been diagnosed with muscular dystrophy, a genetic disorder that causes degeneration.

“Ernie is one of the finest human beings I’ve ever met in my life: heart of gold, a wonderful colleague at TNT and a wonderful husband and father,” Kerr said. “His family has an amazing story of compassion and love. Ernie is beloved in the NBA, so we want to tell Ernie and his family that we’re thinking of them.”