There's no denying emotions were high entering Sunday's contest between the Golden State Warriors and Minnesota Timberwolves, especially with everything going on in Minneapolis with protesting and the political tension. While the NBA did postpone the contest one day, it didn't mean everyone was going to forget.

Pivoting to the purely basketball side, the Timberwolves entered Sunday's contest in a tough position, having lost their past four games after starting 2026 6-1. In a rematch of the Western Conference Semifinals last season, the result of the game went the same way it did in Game 1 of that series.

Despite the Warriors losing Jimmy Butler a few games ago to a torn ACL that ruled him out for the rest of the season, the team was able to do enough around Steph Curry's 26-point, seven-assist performance to secure a 111-85 point victory, fueled by a 38-17 third quarter.

In addition to Curry, Moses Moody added 19 points and a team-high eight rebounds on 5-of-9 shooting from beyond the arc. Golden State's offense wasn't good by any means, shooting just 42% from the field, but was significantly better than a Timberwolves team that had 25 turnovers and shot 38% from the field.

After the game, head coach Chris Finch addressed the team's lackluster play, pointing out their lack of purpose on the offensive end.

"[Anthony Edwards] obviously made a lot of shots tonight. A lot of those were self-created. Donte was a little bit more of a benefactor of good ball movement when we were able to find him. We weren't playing with enough purpose offensively. Not a lot of structure, we didn't get into much tonight," Finch said.

When asked if the events from the past days had led to this lackluster performance, Finch said he didn't know, but realized the mood of the team was off from the beginning.

It won't be long before the Timberwolves get a chance to get their revenge against the Warriors after putting up one of, if not their worst, offensive performances of the season, as they'll face off again on Monday in the second leg of a back-to-back.

The Timberwolves' recent losing streak has them as the seventh seed in the Western Conference, with the Phoenix Suns overtaking them for the sixth seed and staying away from the play-in tournament seeding. A loss to the Warriors again would push the two sides to a half-game distance in seeding.

Tip-off for Monday's contest is set for 9:30 p.m. EST.