The Warriors threatened a comeback from 10 points down with less than three-and-a-half minutes in the game, but ultimately ran out of time in Tuesday’s 111-107 loss to the Celtics at Chase Center.

That the Warriors were even in the game had everything to do with Stephen Curry. The two-time NBA MVP did a bit of everything in this game, including scoring eight straight points during the late Dubs’ run. But Boston, buoyed by a 15-2 run earlier in the period, made enough free throws down the stretch to keep the Dubs at bay.

Curry got the Dubs off to a blistering start, running off a Draymond Green screen and hitting a 3-pointer on the first possession of the game. Curry would make his first three shot attempts and knock down four treys in the opening period, scoring 17 of his game-high 38 points in the quarter. Curry did it all in the game, shooting 12-for-21 from the floor and 7-for-14 from distance while also pulling down 11 rebounds and handing out eight assists. His fifth double-double of the season, and third of the points-rebounds variety, came on a night where he became the second Warriors player ever to cross the 17,000 career points threshold (Wilt Chamberlain 17,783).

As good as Curry was, it wasn’t enough to get past a Celtics team that got 64 combined points from Jayson Tatum, Kemba Walker and Jaylen Brown.

And the Warriors dealt another blow when Kevon Looney sprained his left ankle in the second quarter and didn’t return to game action in the second half. The Dubs, who entered the game with James Wiseman and Marquese Chriss sidelined with injuries, were short on size, and that really showed in the rebounding discrepancy, as the Dubs were out-rebounded 51-36 and yielded 12 offensive rebounds to the Celtics.

Needing a spark, the Warriors turned to Juan Toscano-Anderson. Playing in his first game in 10 days, he was up to the challenge. With the team struggling to score in the third period, the Oakland native, playing with his hometown spelled out across his chest, knocked down a pair of 3-pointers and his all-out hustle led to another three-point play in the quarter, during which he accounted for nine of his career-high matching 16 points.

Draymond Green added seven assists and 11 rebounds, Andrew Wiggins tallied 15 points and Kelly Oubre Jr. added 12 points, but it wasn’t enough to keep the Dubs from falling to 11-10 in the season.

Up Next: The Warriors head to Texas for a pair of two-game series, taking on the Mavericks on Thursday and Saturday before wrapping up the trip with two games in San Antonio on Monday and Tuesday.

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More Notables …

• The Warriors improved to 10-8 overall, winning two straight for the fifth time this season.
• Golden State has won nine consecutive home games against the Timberwolves. The last time the Timberwolves won a road games against the Warriors was on April 5, 2016 (124-117 OT).
• Golden State improved to 5-0 when scoring 120-plus points and 8-0 when scoring 110-plus points.
• The Warriors’ reserves tallied a season high 60 points tonight vs. the Timberwolves (previous: 58 on 1/4 vs. SAC… Golden State is 3-0 this season when the bench scores 50-plus points.
• Golden State dished out 32 assists, its sixth game with 30-plus assists this season and they own a record of 5-1 in those games.
• The Warriors committed a season-high 21 turnovers (previous: 19, two times).
• Golden State’s 37 third-quarter points are the most it has scored in any third quarter this season (previous: 33, twice).
• The Warriors improved to 4-1 when recording 10-or-more steals (11 tonight).
• Golden State improved to 6-0 on the season when shooting 50 percent-or-better from the field (52.9 percent tonight).
• The Warriors improved to 8-1 when making more threes than their opponent (1-6 when getting outshot from three).
• James Wiseman and Anthony Edwards both scored 25 points off the bench tonight…. Since the NBA began tracking starters in 1970-71, this is the only time the No. 1 & 2 picks from the same draft have scored 25-plus points off the bench in the same game (Stats by STATS).
• James Wiseman tallied a career-high 25 points, his second outing of 20-plus points on the season (20 points on 1/20/21 vs. SAS)… His 25 points were also the most scored by a Warriors reserve this season… With two blocks tonight, marked his NBA-rookie best 11th multi-block outing of the season; Entering tonight, no other rookie had more than three multi-block games… He went 3-of-6 from three, tying a career high in makes.
• Kelly Oubre Jr.’s 16 second-quarter points marks a career high for points scored in any quarter (previous: 15 points scored in the second quarter as a member of the Suns on 2/5/20 at Detroit)… He finished with 20 points, his second outing of the season scoring 20-plus points… His nine defensive rebounds were a season high. Oubre Jr. made his first seven field goal attempts. Oubre Jr. has scored in double figures in seven of the last nine games, averaging 14.2 points per game in that span.
• Kevon Looney grabbed a season-high 10 rebounds in 11:48 of action in his second-straight start, his eighth- career game with 10-plus rebounds.
• Stephen Curry has now appeared in 717-career games, passing Jeff Mullins (716) for sole possession of third on the franchise’s all-time games played list. Curry, who did not score in the first half, finished with 16 points (6- 17 FG, 4-11 3P), six rebounds and a game-high-tying eight assists.
• Damion Lee recorded a season-high 17 points on a season-high tying four threes, while adding a career-high tying three steals.
• Brad Wanamaker dished out a season-best six assists, leading all reserves in the category. In the last 12 games, Wanamaker has dished out 36 assists while turning the ball over just seven times.

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