The Golden State Warriors will take a new approach to a back-to-back when veteran Al Horford returns to face the Los Angeles Clippers in a Pacific Division showdown Tuesday night in San Francisco.

The Warriors will be playing their second two-games-in-two-nights sequence of the young season, having beaten the Denver Nuggets at home before falling to the Portland Trail Blazers on the road on consecutive days last week.

Warriors coach Steve Kerr elected to use Horford in the opener of the back-to-back that time. He played 29 minutes and contributed 13 points, including an overtime 3-pointer, to a 137-131 victory.

Without Horford on the second night, Golden State ran out of gas against the Trail Blazers, getting run out of the gym 139-119.

Kerr explained before Monday's 131-118 home win o

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