SAN FRANCISCO – With both teams stealing glances toward the NBA All-Star break, the Warriors took the floor Monday without their top two scorers to face a Memphis Grizzlies team missing three rotation players and in the early stages of a rebuild.

The expected inelegant affair ended with the slightly sloppier Warriors somehow coming back for a 114-113 victory, snapping their three-game losing streak at Chase Center before far more empty seats than usual.

Seven Warriors scored in double figures, led by Pat Spencer’s 17 points, with Al Horford, Brandin Podziemski and Gui Santos each putting in 16 points.

Golden State (29-25), trailing by 10 (113-103) with 4:17 remaining, roared back to close with a 11-0 run while the Grizzlies sat Ty Jerome and Taylor Hendricks, who on this night had been their top two players.

The Warriors were without Stephen Curry (right knee) and Jimmy Butler, who Monday underwent surgery to repair a torn right ACL, while the Grizzlies did not have Ja Morant (left elbow), Zach Edey (left ankle) or Santi Aldama (right knee injury management).

The Warriors are 4-6 since Butler went down with his season-ending injury on Jan. 19. They’re 2-2 in the four games since Curry went to the sideline on Jan. 30.

Here are three observations from Golden State’s penultimate game before the weeklong All-Star break:

An Old Story Still Too Often on ‘Repeat’

The Warriors in the first half did a fine job of taking care of the basketball, committing seven turnovers to donate nine points to the Grizzlies, but decided to be much more generous in the second half.

And then they reverted to an old form seen far too often – and it nearly cost them the game.

They committed 16 turnovers in the second half, giving Memphis 14 points. That was enough to keep the Grizzlies in the lead until the final four minutes.

Memphis, however, fell victim to the same issue, with 13 second-half turnovers to give the Warriors 13 points.

The two teams combined for 41 turnovers.

The Warriors overcame themselves by staying on task as the Grizzlies seemed to wither, with Memphis making the suspicious decision to keep former Warrior Jerome (19 points, plus-15) and Hendricks (15 points, 10 rebounds, plus-2) on the bench as Golden State rallied.

Brother, Brother

The Spencer Brothers, Pat for the Warriors and Cam for the Grizzlies, dived into their night of competition, going head-to-head a few times, one defending the other.

Pat, however, was the more productive brother on this night. He won the scoring battle decisively, 17-2 and recorded more assists, 7-4. Cam finished with one more rebound (4-3).

Pat, four years older and at 6-foot-3 one inch shorter than Cam, was playing his first game since earning a contract promotion, going from the two-way pact he signed to open the season to a standard NBA deal.

Cam, drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the second round of the 2024 NBA Draft before being traded to the Grizzlies nine days later, is having the stronger overall season, scoring in double figures 31 times, with seven games of at least 20 points.

Uncle Al Brings His Game

Al Horford might be the oldest guy on Golden State’s roster, but his working coming off the bench provided some of the liveliest activity.

The 39-year-old big man was all over the floor, trying to protect the paint on the defensive end and greasing an offense that often turned stodgy. It was as if he were trying to pull the youngsters toward some level of success.

Horford’s 17 points came on 7-of-12 shooting from the field, including 1 of 3 from beyond the arc. He grabbed a team-high nine rebounds, adding six assists and finishing with a team-best plus-24 over 26 minutes.

Horford was giant in the fourth quarter, finishing plus-14 in eight minutes

The All-Star break beckons to all, but Horford seems determined to give it all he has before taking well-deserved week of rest and relaxation.

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