One of the Golden State Warriors rookies admitted to looking up to NBA legend Dirk Nowitzki as a key role model and highlighted Stephen Curry’s leadership and care for the team.

The team has lost 19 of its last 28 games, many of those defeats coming with Stephen Curry in uniform, and now sits under .500. It’s an unthinkable collapse for a championship organization considering that Curry is still a top-10 player in the league by many advanced metrics.

The reeling Warriors have now gone 9-18 since a 12-3 start and fallen to the outside looking in at the Western Conference play-in race.

SAN FRANCISCO — Jayson Tatum scored 22 points, Kristaps Porzingis had 18, and the Boston Celtics handed the Golden State Warriors their most lopsided home loss in 40 years with a 125-85 victory on Monday.

Boston Celtics star Kristaps Porziņģis feels the team has lacked the same sharpness it displayed last year, when it conquered the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals. "We were a lion last season ...

“They are the defending champs, so they’re coming in with a level of confidence and swagger about them,” Steph Curry said after ... Boston Celtics’ Kristaps Porziņģis (8) fights for ...