DENVER — The Warriors had the odds stacked against them, but Wednesday’s game came down to their final possession. Down two points with seven seconds remaining, Steph Curry missed the game-tying driving layup leading to Golden State’s eventual 108-105 loss to the Denver Nuggets.
The Warriors could have let this game slip away. They were down two key defenders in Draymond Green and Gary Payton II and a mile high against the reigning champions on the final game of a four-game road trip that capped off an arduous start to the year in which they played seven of their first nine games on the road.
Rookies Trayce Jackson-Davis and Brandin Podziemski seamlessly filled the gaps in Green and Payton’s absence to make it a game. Jackson-Davis finished with eight points and two rebounds, finishing a plus-4 in on-off rating. Podziemski had five points, three rebounds and two assists.
Curry finished with a team-high 23 points; all six of his field goal makes were from beyond the arc. Klay Thompson had 15 points, Andrew Wiggins had 11 points and Moses Moody had 10 points with a pair of 3-pointers.
The Warriors went 2-2 on this four-game road trip and now head home to play the Cavaliers, who beat them in Cleveland on Sunday. Then they take on the Minnesota Timberwolves and Oklahoma City Thunder in a pair of two-game series at home.