SAN FRANCISCO – The Warriors and Timberwolves are jockeying for position in the jumbled Western Conference standings, and both weren't close to full strength.
For the Wolves, Sunday represented a chance to get an important road win against Golden State when it was without three of its starters in Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and Andrew Wiggins.
But the Wolves relinquished a 10-point lead in the fourth quarter and dropped a gettable game 109-104 despite Golden State being so shorthanded.
Naz Reid helped make up for the absence of Rudy Gobert and Karl-Anthony Towns with a career-high 30 points, but it couldn't compensate for Anthony Edwards scoring only 12 on 5-for-19 shooting.