SAN FRANCISCO – As the Warriors take on the Minnesota Timberwolves for the second time in three days, we have our first back-to-back game of the season.

For the Warriors: Stephen Curry.
For the Timberwolves: Anthony Edwards.

When the teams meet on Sunday afternoon at Chase Center (5:30 p.m.), Curry and the Warriors will seek retribution for the 107-90 loss they suffered on Friday. Minnesota took the lead with a 21-2 run early in the second quarter and then responded to Golden State’s third-quarter surge by opening the fourth with a 23-9 run.

Although the Warriors punished themselves in a variety of ways – including a season-high 22 turnovers – the Timberwolves’ defense was the deciding factor. Golden State scored 31 points in the first quarter but only 59 in the final three quarters (versus Minnesota’s 76).

Much of the damage was done by Edwards, who posted game-highs in points (30, on 11 of 18 shooting, including 4 of 10 from long range), assists (nine) and plus-minus (plus-23). He scored 18 points in the second half, including 11 in the fourth quarter.

Edwards was able to orchestrate the action despite often facing two teams.

“He was pretty masterful at that,” Minnesota coach Chris Finch said. “We’re going to have to do a little better job of keeping gaps clean in the time he’s being doubled, but I thought he did a great job of getting away, racing, going downhill and mixing it all up has.” everything above. When we needed him to step up and take a shot out of nowhere, he did that a few times too.”

Curry, who also faced some double teams, was unable to respond. Playing with sore knees that kept him out of the previous game, he finished the game with a team-high 23 points, but shot just 6 of 17 from the field, including 3 of 9 from long range. He committed three turnovers, two of them in the fourth quarter.

Curry’s minus-3 was the team’s best plus-minus among those who played at least 20 minutes. The Warriors were at their relative best when Curry was down, but they were destroyed (minus-14) when he was subbed off.

“It was difficult to score at times, but we can’t let that affect our overall commitment on both sides of the ball,” Curry said. “The good news is we got another opportunity on Sunday.”

A Golden State win would end a five-game losing streak against the Timberwolves, and a loss would be its seventh in eight games.

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