PHILADELPHIA – Missing their two best players and facing a Sixers team wearing throwback 2001 jerseys, the Warriors paid tribute to the early-2000s Warriors by losing 99-98 and falling under .500, albeit in a spirited effort.

VJ Edgecombe won the game for the Sixers on a putback, and De’Anthony Melton’s last-second layup on the leak-out was blocked at the buzzer by Tyrese Maxey.

Steph Curry did not make the trip as he recovered from a quad injury, and Jimmy Butler was ruled out with knee soreness.

Their absence was sorely, sorely, sorely felt in a first quarter that saw the bottom fall out. The Warriors missed 14 consecutive shots at one point, scoring just 10 points. It was the fewest the team has scored in a quarter in 11 seasons under Steve Kerr.

It somehow got even worse late in th

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