What we learned as Warriors’ fourth-quarter comeback falls short in loss to Jazz

There are no automatic wins in the NBA. The Warriors have learned that lesson plenty of times in the past, and did again the hard way Monday night.Playing a tanking team this late in the season should be a win. The Utah Jazz had lost eight of their previous nine games, including a seven-game losing streak. They were without multiple top players and then sat Keyonte George the entire fourth quarter. Yet the Warriors still found a way to lose, 119-116, against the Jazz on Monday at Delta Center. Former Santa Cruz Warriors wing Blake Hinson hit a three with 29.2 seconds left to give the Jazz a three-point lead. BLAKE, FOR THE LEAD&excl;&excl;&excl; pic.twitter.com/5FaVCYFkKP — Utah Jazz (&commat;utahjazz) March 10, 2026 De’Anthony Melton led the Warriors with 22 points in a game where they had eight players reach double figures. But nobody in the starting five had a positive plus/minus. De'Anthony Melton gets the hoop and the harm pic.twitter.com/AAbyUivWvI — Warriors on NBCS (&commat;NBCSWarriors) March 10, 2026 Seth Curry played his first game for the Warriors since Dec. 4 and scored 13 points off the bench in 12 minutes. He had 14 points total this season prior to Monday. Curry has played only three games in a Warriors jersey, and none with his older brother.Here are three takeaways from one of the worst losses of the Warriors’ 2025-26 NBA season, dropping their record to 32-32.One Curry Makes Return Finally, the wait is over for Curry to be back on the court. Well, at least the younger of the Warriors’ two Curry brothers. And he immediately did what he does best. Curry checked in at the 2:48 mark of the first quarter and immediately splashed a wide-open 3-pointer from the left corner. Even after more than three months away while dealing with a left sciatic nerve irritation issue, Curry didn’t miss a beat from deep. It’s in his blood. Seth Curry checked in and IMMEDIATELY knocked down a triple pic.twitter.com/jtRrEUmAzm — Warriors on NBCS (&commat;NBCSWarriors) March 10, 2026 The Warriors made five threes in the first quarter, and Curry made two of them in just two-plus minutes. He was their third-leading scorer at halftime with nine points and also made three of their five free throws.In the third quarter, Curry added another four points but none in the fourth. Still, he led the bench with 13 points in just 12 minutes. Curry’s plus-3 was second to LJ Cryer being a plus-8. It’s clear how much Curry’s shooting has been missed these last three months.Post Gets The Starting Nod Between the consistent play of Al Horford, the addition of Kristaps Porziis and a decline of production himself, Quinten Post has seen his role diminished for weeks now. But with Horford and Porzingis unavailable and already back in the Bay Area, Post was back in the starting lineup one game after being a healthy DNP (Did Not Play). It was his first start since Jan. 28, which also was against the Jazz in Utah.Post scored eight points in the second quarter to bring him to 10 in the first half. His 3-point shot wasn’t falling, but Post was showing other parts of his game around the rim. He also didn’t grab a single rebound over 13 minutes in those first two quarters. The second half was a much worse story for Post. He went scoreless while missing all five of his shot attempts, including three 3-point attempts. Post did grab four rebounds in the second half but was a negative offensively. After going 0 of 6 from 3-point range in Utah, Post now has a 32.9 3-point percentage in his second season as a pro. As a rookie, he shot 40.8 percent from three.Free Throws MatterAgain, the Warriors struggled to find any kind of offensive balance, instead opting to chuck threes with little success. The Warriors took 16 more shots than the Jazz, made three more shots than them and still lost by three points. That’s because 52 of their 99 shots were behind the 3-point line, and they only made 16 (30.8 percent). And the bigger problem was the free-throw line. The Warriors on Saturday night made seven fewer free throws than the Oklahoma City Thunder in a seven-point loss. Against the Jazz, the discrepancy was much worse. The Warriors made 14 free throws, which were 13 fewer than the Jazz despite taking just eight fewer than them. The Warriors went 14 of 21, good for a 66.7-percent clip. The Jazz, however, missed just two of their 29 attempts (93.1 percent). In the third quarter, the Jazz took 13 free throws. As a team, the Warriors were at eight free-throw attempts all game by then. Then in the fourth quarter, the Warriors went a lowly 7 of 13 on free throws. Podziemski took four free throws in the fourth quarter and missed all four. The elementary parts of the game have to be easier for a team that doesn’t have its star power.Download and follow the Dubs Talk Podcast

What we learned as Warriors’ fourth-quarter comeback falls short in loss to Jazz

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