SAN FRANCISCO -- The hope is that Stephen Curry returns sometime after the All-Star break and, even before he has a chance to shoot holes through a defense, gives the Warriors a few elements they desperately need. Meanwhile, the Warriors are facing the stiff headwinds that blow during the dog days of January. In the course of being thrashed, 129-96, by the Utah Jazz, there were too many moments when the despair was profoundly evident.