Despite a valiant effort from the Golden State Warriors without Stephen Curry, the Minnesota Timberwolves took a 2-1 series lead with a 102-97 Game 3 win on Saturday night in San Francisco. Jimmy Butler and Jonathan Kuminga were phenomenal for Golden State,

The Golden State Warriors are bringing the semifinals back to the Bay Area for Game 3 of their series against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night. The

The result was Minnesota racing out to a 13-0 lead to open the game and never looking back, cruising to a 117-93 win, tying the series at 1-1. Game 3 is in the Bay Area on Saturday. The Warriors are expected to be without Stephen Curry for that game as he recovers from a strained hamstring (he will be re-evaluated after Game 4).