SAN FRANCISCO – The Warriors have spent the first section of the season wandering through a congested schedule packed with back-to-backs and travel days.

So taking on the Timberwolves with four days of rest buffering the Friday night matchup at Chase Center with Golden State’s Sunday victory in Chicago? That was unfamiliar territory.

In the teams’ first game against one another since Minnesota eliminated the Warriors in five games in the second round of the 2025 playoffs, Golden State fell 127-120.

Steph Curry returned to the lineup after missing the previous five games with a left quad injury, starting next to Pat Spencer for the first time. Meanwhile, Wolves superstar Anthony Edwards was out with foot soreness and the Warriors lacked Al Horford and Draymond Green.

Keyed by some late-

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