For the second consecutive game, the Warriors lost at home to a team that was without its best player, posting a 114-98 defeat to the Jimmy Butler-less Miami Heat on Tuesday. This comes just two days after an abysmal 30-point loss to the Sacramento Kings,

The Golden State Warriors are soul searching after another embarrassing defeat at home, this time to the Miami Heat two days after a 30-point pounding from the Sacramento Kings.

Since Durant's departure after the 2019 season, Golden State has lurched between extremes. It has won a fourth title in 2022 and posted a 15–50 stinker in 2020, when guard Stephen Curry was injured. All the while, the newly moneyed Warriors have been unable to nail the transition to what's next.