With their crushing defeat to the Heat, the Warriors’ reliance on Stephen Curry hits a terrible new low.

An over-reliance on a 36-year-old superstar has never been more glaring for the Golden State Warriors, with that continuing in a disappointing 114-98 loss to the Miami Heat at Chase Center on Tuesday night.

Despite entering after a double overtime loss to the Sacramento Kings on Monday, it was the Heat who produced more energy in the first-half as they built a double-digit lead over the hosts. Nothing typified the difference more than the final second of the half where Haywood Highsmith scrambled over a lazy Stephen Curry box out to get a buzzer-beating put-back layup

It also signified the burden Curry had to shoulder offensively in the first two-quarters, having posted 20 points despite his team trailing 61-48. The 2x MVP was a hot 6-of-10 shooting from 3-point range, but every other Warrior combined to go 2-of-19 from beyond the arc in an ugly shooting display.

The Warriors yet again struggled offensively on Tuesday night

Golden State did pick things up in the third-quarter to get within six, then pulled to within one at 87-86 early in the fourth-quarter. Then came the defining sequence where Curry and Buddy Hield both pulled ill-advised hero-style threes that would have given the Warriors the lead, only for the Heat to drill three-straight triples of their own to quickly extend the lead to 10 in less than a minute

With their crushing defeat to the Heat, the Warriors’ reliance on Stephen Curry hits a terrible new low.