OKLAHOMA CITY — Even with Stephen Curry playing at his best, the Warriors still can’t seem to correct their road woes.
Golden State suffered yet another ugly road loss Tuesday night, with the Oklahoma City Thunder beating the defending champs 137-128.
The Warriors turned the ball over 21 times and allowed the Thunder to shoot 53.2% from the field and 45.9% from 3-point range, which spoiled a 40-point game by Curry.
The Warriors managed to cut the Thunder’s 15-point lead in the fourth down to six in the game’s final two minutes, but that would be the closest they would get.
Curry, playing in his second game after missing a month of action with a leg injury, scored 40 points for the fifth time this season and knocked down 10 of his 16 3-point attempts. Klay Thompson would add 23 points and Kuminga had 21, but it still wasn’t enough.
Draymond Green appeared frustrated with Jordan Poole after the fourth-year guard passed up an open Green for Thompson. The possession ended with a turnover, the Warriors’ 10th of the half, but while everyone ran back to get on defense, Green stayed put, leaving the Warriors to play four-on-five.
While Golden State is 27-7 at home this season, the Warriors are now 7-25 outside of San Francisco and have no answers for their dropoff on the road.
The back-to-back road losses extinguished any momentum that the Warriors had gained during its undefeated five-game homestand. The Warriors remain in fifth place in the Western Conference playoff race, sitting a half game up from the Dallas Mavericks and Minnesota Timberwovles, who are in sixth and seventh place, respectively.
The Warriors will close out their road trip in Memphis on Thursday.
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Author: Madeline Kenney