SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Dennis Schroder scored 31 points, Cam Thomas added 23 and the insufficient Brooklyn Networks rallied to strike Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors 128-120 on Monday night.
Curry made a 3-pointer with 3:26 left and pulled the Warriors within three, but Golden State couldn’t make the crucial stops and squandered an 18-point lead. Curry scored 28, and Andrew Wiggins added 18 points.
Schroder’s 3 with 11:10 remaining tied the game at 92, and he put his team ahead with another at the 9:43 mark.
Jalen Wilson had 18 points for the shorthanded Nets in a back-to-back 108-103 win at Sacramento a night earlier.
Schroder missed Sunday’s game at Sacramento with right ankle soreness but returned for Brooklyn, which jumped out to a 9-2 lead before a Warriors timeout and ensuing run sparked the home team.
The Warriors, coming off a 10-point loss at San Antonio on Saturday, fell to 5-2 at home and 12-5 overall.
Takings
Nets: The Nets were without Ben Simmons, Dorian Finney-Smith and Noah Clowney, who had an MRI exam on his sprained left ankle he injured Sunday, but coach Jordi Fernandez didn’t know the results yet. Nic Claxton felt something in his troublesome back and sat up as well. Simmons is resting the second game of back-to-backs.
Warriors: The Warriors totaled 47 bench points. … Jonathan Kuminga missed his second straight game with an illness.
Key moments
Moses Moody entered the game with 3:15 left in the second quarter and scored 12 straight Warriors points over the final 2:54 — with Curry assisting on Moody’s two 3-pointers and also a layup as Golden State led 67-58 at the to break
Key statistics
Despite missing four players in their normal rotation, the Nets shot 44.4% from 3.
Later
Brooklyn wraps up its West Coast swing at Phoenix on Wednesday, the same night the Warriors host Oklahoma City.
