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Except for the first two and a half quarters of Game 1 against the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference finals, these 2017 NBA Playoffs have been smooth sailing for the Golden State Warriors. They're undefeated, have a postseason-best 17.9 net rating, and need just two more wins to clinch their third-straight trip to the NBA Finals.

Unfortunately, they've been doing nearly all of this good work without their head coach, Steve Kerr, who has been sidelined due to back pain since after Game 2 of their first-round series against the Portland Trail Blazers. There is some good news on that front, however, as a report from the The Mercury News says that Kerr will be traveling with the team to San Antonio for Games 3 and 4 of the WCF. Though he has no plans to return to the bench as of yet, he will at least be with the team. Via The Mercury News:

Steve Kerr isn't expected to coach the Warriors from the sidelines in Games 3 and 4 of the West Finals, but he will be making the trip to San Antonio, Bob Myers told 95.7 The Game on Wednesday afternoon.

This is the latest sign of Kerr's progress. After being away from the team for about a week and missing the Warriors' two road games in Salt Lake City during the last series, Kerr returned to practice right before the West Finals and came to the arena for Games 1 and 2, delivering mic'd up halftime speeches.

Now he'll make the flight to San Antonio and presumably join the coaches in meetings, the players in practices and the team at the arena for Game 3 and 4, likely staying in the back during game action.

This is obviously great news, as it's a sign not only of Kerr moving closer to coaching again, but that he's feeling better in general. Hopefully his health continues to improve.