SAN FRANCISCO – Coach Steve Kerr said the Golden State Warriors are suffering from a “crisis of confidence” after their second straight home loss.

After a listless 114-98 loss to the Miami Heat on Tuesday night at Chase Center, the Warriors’ 15th loss in 21 games, a frustrated Stephen Curry said emotions were “just sour.”

“They’re trying to figure it out,” said an exasperated Curry, who scored 31 points and seven assists. “Everyone in the dressing room is a bit searching, trying to understand what’s going wrong and why we can’t get off to better starts. In moments in the game when you’re climbing back, you can’t get consecutive stops.” . Poor possessions in attack that affect our confidence, body language and mood.

“There’s a lot going wrong, but what are you going to do about it? We have to dig deep, find out and believe that we are a good team. We need to stop talking about it and around it and just fight through it.”

Golden State (18-18) is desperately trying to figure out how to get back on track. Since starting the season 12-3, the Warriors have looked like a completely different team. Curry has tried to meet with teammates to emphasize that they are at a critical point in the season from which they can go one way or the other. He also tried to celebrate his 3-point baskets more to bring more joy and fun to the team.

However, the Warriors had periods when they couldn’t score, couldn’t shoot and couldn’t defend. But perhaps most troubling to Kerr was the lack of fight against Miami.

“I expected better energy,” Kerr said. “To be honest, I think we are suffering from a crisis of confidence at the moment. You can see it. You can feel it. I don’t mind misses, but I do mind when misses affect the defense and attitude.”

“We are feeling depressed at the moment. And there is no place for self-pity in the NBA, in life in general. We cannot allow disappointment to dictate our approach to the game. We have to do the opposite. We have to do better.” We have to outdo our opponents when things don’t go our way. I just felt like everyone was devastated. And if you don’t have this, you have nothing.

This came after the Warriors defeated Sacramento 129-99 at home on Sunday, despite the Kings being without De’Aaron Fox.

Golden State looked to bounce back Tuesday, knowing Miami was struggling with Jimmy Butler’s suspension and snapping a three-game losing streak following a 123-118 double-overtime loss at Sacramento the night before.

When Curry came out of the game with 3:05 left and the Warriors trailing 112-94, the franchise star paced the team’s sideline during the timeout, looking for answers.

The Warriors have failed to break the 100-point mark in each of their last four losses.

Curry was asked how the Warriors can improve offensively after shooting just 40.8% overall against the Heat (18-17), including 14 of 50 from behind the arc.

“Honestly, I have no idea,” said Curry, who called the last two home losses “back-to-back no-shows.”

“I wish I would try to find out, but I don’t have an answer right now.”

Golden State now hits the road to play the Detroit Pistons, Indiana Pacers, Toronto Raptors and Minnesota Timberwolves while searching for an answer to the crisis it has been in since just before Thanksgiving.

“When the shots are falling, everything is beautiful, everything is great,” said Warriors center Trayce Jackson-Davis, who scored 19 points in Tuesday’s game. “We can’t be front-runners; we must deepen ourselves, we must find our soul. Draymond (Green) kind of said that. It was our soul that we lost. We lost our spirit, And we have to get that back and play tough basketball.

“We need to play with confidence, make shots and play hard defensively and I think if we can do that we will find our way back.”