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The Warriors improved to an NBA-best 28-5 with their 117-102 win over the Pacers on Wednesday night.

Andrew Bogut returned to the lineup after missing 12 games, and registered four points and eight rebounds in 15 minutes off the bench.

When Steve Kerr was asked about the center's performance, the Warriors' head coach answered and then took the conversation in a different direction.

"It's gonna be interesting," Kerr said. "It's gonna be tricky. We got a lot of guys who can play, a lot of guys who are really playing at a high level, but only so many minutes to go around. I've told our players the sacrifice that they are going to have to make isn't going to be easy. But they have to make it if we're going to be good."

The Warriors have 12 guys who are currently averaging double-digit minutes per game, yet the player who averages the most playing time, Stephen Curry, is tied for 35th in the NBA at 33.3 minutes per contest (he averaged 36.5 last year).

Klay Thompson, who scored 40 points in 40 minutes on Wednesday, is averaging 2.5 minutes per game fewer than last season.

Bogut is averaging 1.7 minutes per game less than last year.

Andre Iguodala: 32.4 minutes per game last year, 27.2 minutes per game this season (and is now coming off the bench after starting all 758 games during his first 10 seasons).

David Lee: 33.2 minutes per game last year, 18.0 minutes per game this season (and he, too, is now coming off the bench after starting 431 of 440 games over the previous six seasons).

Draymond Green (21.9 minutes last year, 32.9 minutes this year) and Harrison Barnes (28.3 minutes last year, 30.7 minutes this year) have supplanted Iguodala and Lee in the starting lineup.

Marreese Speights: After averaging 7.2 points in just 11.1 minutes over the Warriors' first seven games (including one DNP -- "did not play"), he is contributing 13.8 points in just under 20 minutes a night over the last 26 games.

Festus Ezeli: Opened the year as the backup center, was relegated to the bench (six DNPs) with Speights' emergence, then was thrust into the starting lineup when Bogut got hurt and averaged 6.8 points and 4.1 rebounds in 16.2 minutes over an eight-game stretch before spraining his ankle on Dec. 23. He has missed the last six games.

Brandon Rush: Over seven games from Nov. 15 to Nov. 28, he averaged 11.6 minutes, but hasn't seen the floor in 12 of the last 18 games.

Leandro Barbosa: Averaged 9.5 points in 19.1 minutes through Golden State's first six games but is chipping in just 4.5 points in 9.9 minutes over the last 27 games (with seven DNPs).

Justin Holiday: Averaged just 5.1 minutes with 14 DNPs through the first 25 games, but is averaging 9.0 points in 16.8 minutes over the last eight contests.

"I love having (Barbosa) on the team; he's the first guy off the bench to cheer for his teammates," Kerr said following the team's win over the Thunder on Monday night. "Right now, it's just Justin's time. I've given him the chance and he's made the most of it."

Is Kerr concerned about the logjam?

"One thing I'm very confident about is that our guys are so committed to each other and to the team and they are such high-character people that they are going to make the sacrifice," Kerr said Wednesday night. "I know that. But it's not going to be easy, because from one night to the next, it could be your night, might not be, and they have to accept that."