What we learned as Warriors miss Butler in streak-snapping loss

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What we learned as Warriors miss Butler in streak-snapping loss originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

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The Warriors could have stolen the No. 6 seed in the Western Conference on Saturday in Philadelphia, but wound up having to shake their heads at one of their more flabbergasting losses in a long time, falling 126-119 to the 76ers at the Wells Fargo Center.

Paul George and Tyrese Maxey combined to score three points in the first half, yet the Warriors still trailed by 12 points. The 76ers’ top two scorers — with Joel Embiid out for the 2024-25 NBA season — finished with a combined 22 points, which was nothing compared to two role players.

Quentin Grimes enjoyed the game of his life, scoring 20 points in the first half and 24 in the second for 44 overall. Former Warriors guard Kelly Oubre dropped 15 in the first half and tallied 20 points in the end. That duo somehow was too much for the short-handed Warriors to overcome.

Jimmy Butler missed his first game since being traded to the Warriors because of back spasms, and his absence was massive. Steph Curry scored a team-high 29 points on 10-of-18 shooting, was 5 of 12 on 3-pointers and dished 13 assists for his seventh double-double of the season. His help was few and far between.

Curry was a plus-12 in 36 minutes. The Warriors in the 12 minutes he sat were a minus-19.

Golden State’s second-leading scorer was rookie Quinten Post, who followed his 18-point game in Orlando with 16 points in the starting lineup two nights later.

Here are three takeaways from the Warriors snapping their five-game win streak.

The Steph Show Goes On

There’s hot, and then there’s the temperature Curry is operating at right now. As a follow-up to his epic 56-point performance on Thursday, Curry came out of the gates on fire. Curry scored 12 points in the first quarter, playing 10 minutes, going 4 of 7 overall and 3 of 5 from 3-point range, also adding two rebounds, four assists and one steal. The Warriors were a plus-6 with him on the floor, and a minus-6 without him.

Curry then went to the bench with two minutes remaining in the second quarter, and the Warriors then were…

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Publish date : 2025-03-01 20:36:00

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