Ouch.

After a shelleacking at the hands of the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday, Golden State had the chance to bounce back against the No. 14 team in the Western Conference.

But just like in the action Thursday, the Warriors were unable to rebound.

Golden State (31-32) fell to the Minnesota Timberwolves (20-44) by a score of 126-114 at the Target Center as the home side picked up its sixth win in its last eight contests. The T-Wolves outrebounded the Warriors 57-34 and grabbed 12 more offensive boards – allowing for plenty of frustrating second chances – with two backcourt performances highlighting their victory.

Point guard Ricky Rubio, who is often given the “Tony Allen treatment” and left open by opposing defenses, went 5-of-8 from distance and led Minnesota with 26 points. Close behind the Spaniard in scoring was 2020 No. 1 overall pick Anthony Edwards – the rookie scored 18 fourth quarter points and added in three of the team’s 20 triples as the Timberwolves shot 48.8% from distance.

The Warriors had more robust scoring performances from their leaders, with fellow No. 1 pick forward Andrew Wiggins chipping in 27 points in his return to Minnesota after being dealt for D’Angelo Russell last season.

In a game of runs, Minnesota had the first advantage, leading by double-digits after the first period before Golden State cut its deficit to a pair of points at the half. The third period would have the Timberwolves open up a 79-66 lead with 6:38 left in the quarter. Stephen Curry – who would finish the game with a contest-high 37 points – was quiet up to that point, but then scored 16 points to give the Warriors a one-layup advantage with 12 minutes to play.

Minnesota would then hold a six-point edge in Golden State’s “non-Curry” minutes to begin the fourth quarter, but the two-time MVP saw the Warriors’ then-four point deficit balloon to 12 points with a bevy of offensive rebounds for the T-Wolves and missed jumpers sealing the team’s losing fate.

Steve Kerr’s depth chart – which is missing Damion Lee to health and safety protocols on top of a plethora of other injured reserves – returned Kent Bazemore to the tune of 33 minutes in the starting lineup after he also missed time because of health and safety protocols.

The rotation, however, was slimmed to eight players as Kelly Oubre Jr. sat again with a sore left wrist, and the bench was led in scoring by Mychal Mulder. Mulder would notch 11 points, but his 1-of-7 shooting from distance would also sink Golden State’s comeback hopes with two bad misses down the stretch.

The Warriors do have a chance to recover from this blow, as the emphasis on “must-win” grows for the 10th seed in the West with nine games remaining. Golden State will play the NBA’s worst team – the Houston Rockets – on Saturday before a back-to-back in New Orleans against the 11th seeded Pelicans.