"We just made it a little harder on ourselves," Steph Curry said of the Warriors' hopes of avoiding the Play-In Tournament.

Harrison Barnes buried a buzzer-beating 3-pointer and the San Antonio Spurs damaged the Golden State Warriors' bid for a top-four finish in the Western Conference with a 114-111 victory Wednesday night in San Francisco.

Harrison Barnes drilled a stunning game-winner as the Spurs dealt the Warriors a brutal loss, with the race for playoff seeding tightening.

Golden State moved back into the Western Conference’s No. 6 seed after the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Memphis Grizzlies, 141-125, at FedExForum. The Warriors (47-33), coming off a brutal 114-111 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night, entered Thursday half a game behind the Grizzlies and half a game ahead of the Timberwolves.

Memphis also surpassed their season average by making 20 3-pointers. Still, it wasn’t enough. Memphis dropped a crucial game against the Minnesota Timberwolves in the heat of a tight playoffs race, losing 141-125 at FedExForum.

Two of those teams, the Minnesota Timberwolves and Memphis Grizzlies, faced off on Thursday, and thanks to a 44-point outburst from Anthony Edwards, Minnesota proved victorious, 141-125. That win was enormous for Minnesota,

Anthony Edwards scored 44 points as the Minnesota Timberwolves produced a devastating burst of second-half scoring to defeat the Memphis Grizzlies 141-125 in their crucial Western Conference clash on Thursday.

Anthony Edwards has led the charge for the Timberwolves, averaging 26.6 points per game in March. He has raised that production to 31.0 points per game so far in April and is rounding into form as one of the most dangerous postseason players in the league.

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Timberwolves historic 3rd quarter pushes them past Grizzlies. The Wolves sizzle in the 3rd quarter, scoring a team-record 52 points to spark a crucial 141-125 win vs.

With their loss to the Spurs, and only two games remaining on the regular season schedule, the Warriors fell to the No. 7 seed in the Western Conference, putting themselves in jeopardy of playing in the play-in tournament to secure a spot in the postseason.

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The Detroit Pistons have just two more home games this regular season, including a measuring-stick matchup with the New York Knicks on Thursday night. The Pistons head into the final weekend of the regular season on a bit of a whimper.

The Knicks are currently the three seed in the east, while Detroit is the six seed. Unless the Pistons jump over the Milwaukee Bucks in the finals three games (two games back), the Knicks will face Detroit in round one.

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A game with major implications for the Western Conference playoff standings takes place on Thursday, April 10 between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Minnesota Timberwolves at FedExForum in Memphis, Tenn.