Warriors will lose sleep over late collapse in loss to Grizzlies

SAN FRANCISCO — Brandin Podziemski converted a contested layup, the Grizzlies called timeout and the Warriors’ fifth-year guard amped up the crowd as he retreated to his bench.Podziemski put Golden State up 11 with 5:19 to play, and De’Anthony Melton drained a 3 96 seconds later to extend the lead to a dozen with less than 4 minutes left.Then, in the words of Steph Curry, “pretty much everything went wrong.”Curry and the rest of the Warriors were still processing their epic fourth-quarter collapse Friday night as they boarded the bus to take them to the airport.Golden State missed its final nine attempts from the field, allowing the Grizzlies to mount a 17-0 run and treating their fans to a 111-108 loss in their home opener.Less than 24 hours later, the Warriors will have to do it all again in Phoenix, still in search of their first win. And will likely have to do so without Curry, who said he will “probably not” suit up against the Suns in the second half of the first back-to-back of the season as the Warriors try to manage his workload.That only made the win slipping out of their hands sting all the more.“It’s a tough pill to swallow,” Curry said, “considering we played really solid, especially in that second half, to give ourselves a lead and be in control of the game for as long as we did.”Golden State fell behind by as many as 13 points in the first half as the Warriors struggled to manufacture offense without Curry or to contain Grizzlies rookie Cameron Boozer, who outclassed fellow first-rounder Yaxel Lendeborg in their first NBA matchup.The last of Boozer’s 25 points came on a turnaround over Brandin Podziemski with 20 seconds to play that gave the Grizzlies their first lead since late in the third quarter, 108-106.

Draymond Green was called for his third illegal screen of the game, and Ty Jerome was able to drive uncontested for a layup to finish off his 28-point night — as well as the Warriors’ collapse.After their 128-105 l...