The Warriors (69-9) failed in their first attempt to become the second 70-win team in NBA history and will have to close the season with four straight wins to break the single-season record of the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls. The Warriors will have a chance to clinch the top seed in the Western Conference and home-court advantage throughout the playoffs with a victory Thursday against San Antonio, but they forgot to take care of the Timberwolves (26-52) first. Minnesota fought back from its 17-point, third-quarter deficit to take its first lead since early in the game on an Andrew Wiggins free throw with 4:42 remaining in overtime. Warriors head coach Steve Kerr thought his team lost the game in the first quarter, when it failed to make good on a 15-point lead established in the opening seven minutes. "We came out and played a phenomenal first six minutes: locked in on both ends," Kerr said. The Warriors committed a season-high 24 turnovers — gaffes that Minnesota converted into 31 points. When the Warriors weren't coughing up the ball, they were taking bad shots and failing to retreat into transition defense. Minnesota scored 28 fastbreak points and shot 51.2 percent from the...