San Francisco Chronicle

Warriors beat: Iguodala, Thompson questionab­le for Game 5.

- By Connor Letourneau Connor Letourneau is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer.

HOUSTON — The Warriors’ Andre Iguodala (left lateral leg contusion) and Klay Thompson (left knee strain) are listed as questionab­le for Game 5 of the Western Conference finals against the Rockets on Thursday night.

Iguodala missed Tuesday’s Game 4 loss after sustaining the injury late in Game 3. After tweaking his knee early in the second quarter of Game 4, Thompson headed to the locker room and was evaluated by the team’s training staff. He returned little more than four minutes later.

Iguodala participat­ed partially in practice Wednesday at the University of Houston, and head coach Steve Kerr said, “He’s feeling a little better today.” Kerr seemed even more optimistic about Thompson, saying he’s “moving around really well. I think Klay’s going to be fine.”

If Iguodala or Thompson misses Game 5, it would be a significan­t blow to a team with limited wing depth. Patrick McCaw will be sidelined the rest of the conference finals with a lumbar-spine contusion and is widely expected to miss a potential NBA Finals appearance as well.

With five centers — Zaza Pachulia, JaVale McGee, David West, Damian Jones and Jordan Bell — whom Kerr would prefer not to use against the perimeter-oriented Rockets, he played Draymond Green, Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry and Thompson each at least 39 minutes in Game 4. Nick Young, Shaun Livingston, Kevon Looney and Quinn Cook figure to get more minutes if Iguodala or Thompson misses Game 5.

With Iguodala out for Game 4, Looney got his first career postseason start. He played solid defense, and posted four points, five rebounds and a block in 26 minutes, but he also committed five fouls.

Green honored: Green was named to the NBA’s All-Defensive second team, the league announced Wednesday.

Green had a tough time matching last season’s Defensive Player of the Year performanc­e. He joined Giannis Antetokoun­mpo, Anthony Davis and Andre Drummond as the only players to average at least 1.3 steals and 1.3 blocks per game, but was uncharacte­ristically inconsiste­nt and lacked the gamesaving stops that he had last season.

“A lot of guys are good on the defensive end, so to be one of 10 guys named to an AllDefensi­ve team is great,” Green said after practice Wednesday. “But it’s also motivation for me to make first team and go win Defensive Player of the Year again next year. That’s what I’m going to do next year.”

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