Steph Curry could not help but stare into the abyss as his team’s season came to an end with him in street clothes.

"Anthony Edwards, Steph Curry and Jimmy Butler all showing love after a hard fought series," said one fan. "They botched the Anthony Edwards and Steph Curry hug on the broadcast," said another fan. Curry finished the season with the Golden State Warriors averaging 24.5 points, 4.4 rebounds and 6.0 assists per game.

The Minnesota Timberwolves reached their second straight Western Conference Finals as they downed the Golden State Warriors 121-110 to close out a 4-1 series win.

It's a tall task made even taller by the absence of Stephen Curry, who is still recovering from a hamstring injury. All season the conversation has been about the franchise's reliance on aging players,

According to Kenny Smith, a lot will be determined by how Golden State starts Game 5. "We will know how close Steph Curry is by the first quarter of the Golden State," Smith declared. Charles Barkley couldn't quite understand Smith's mindset here, and the former NBA MVP just had to call him out.

In the Steph Curry era, the Warriors have made winning an NBA championship look way easier than it really is. Now that Curry and the Dubs are on the brink of falling in the West semifinals to the Timberwolves,

The Timberwolves now have a 2-1 lead after pulling out a clutch win on the road against the Warriors. Anthony Edwards turned it on in the second half, scoring 28 of his 36 points in the last two frames, while Julius Randle was a steady force throughout the game, racking up 24 points of his own.

The Golden State Warriors are down 1-3 in the second round against the Minnesota Timberwolves, and with a "superman" Stephen Curry return having been taken off the table for Game 5, the Warriors will need Jimmy Butler to shoulder the team on both ends of the floor.