OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – The Golden State Warriors’ NBA-record 54-game home winning streak has ended with a loss to Boston Celtics on Friday night.
Stephen Curry missed a long 3-pointer to tie it with 5.3 seconds left in the game.
The Celtics beat the Warriors 109-106. The Warriors have now fallen to 68-8 and remain five wins away from the best all-time regular season record.
The Celtics improve to 44-31.
The Warriors suffered their first home defeat in more than 14 months.
The 54-straight home wins included 36 straight to start this season. Golden State hadn’t lost at home since a 113-111 overtime defeat to the Bulls on Jan. 27, 2015.
Isaiah Thomas made a driving layup with 8.3 seconds left on the way to 22 points for Boston.
Shaun Livingston hit two free throws with 46.9 seconds left to get Golden State within 105-103, then Draymond Green wrestled the ball away from Amir Johnson moments later for his sixth steal and Golden State called timeout. But Green lost the ball with 23.9 seconds left.
Evan Turner made a pair of free throws with 18.1 seconds to go before Harrison Barnes’ baseline 3 on a dish from Curry.
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Streak had to end sometime. Still, 68-8 is pretty nice. #DubNation pic.twitter.com/bVA2HIHzBS
– GoldenStateWarriors (@warriors) April 2, 2016
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54 game home winning streak is over
– Grant Lodes (@GrantLodes) April 2, 2016
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This is the WORST #AprilFools joke EVER #Warriors
– Justine Waldman (@JustineWaldman) April 2, 2016
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