SAN FRANCISCO -- After missing two weeks and five games because of a quad injury, Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry needed only 32 minutes to score 39 points in his return Friday night.

But Curry's loud, productive reappearance didn't set this shaky Warriors' season back on course. Golden State lost 127-120 to the Minnesota Timberwolves ,who were missing Anthony Edwards .The Warriors gave up 39 fourth-quarter points to watch their record tumble to 13-13.

"Our defense let us down tonight," Warriors coach Steve Kerr said.

Without Curry, the Warriors held four of their previous five opponents below 100 points and won three of those games. They entered Friday night with the third-best defensive rating in the NBA.

But Draymond Green has been away from the team this week b

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