"It's as close to rock bottom as you can get, especially at home," Matt Harpring said. "Maybe if we hit rock bottom, we can't go lower, now we can go higher. We'll see what happens these next two games."

A week before they open the playoffs, the Jazz had to question how they could handle Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, Lamar Odom and the Lakers in a potential first-round series if they couldn't handle the Warriors' C.J. Watson and Rob Kurz.

The Jazz (47-33) slipped 11/2 games behind New Orleans and Dallas -- the Mavericks and Hornets will play this afternoon in New Orleans -- and have lost six of seven overall and dropped consecutive home games to lottery-bound Minnesota and Golden State.

"The last couple of weeks, I just don't know what's going on right now with us," Deron Williams said. "We're limping into the playoffs. It's like we're kind of content on just being there and being the eighth seed instead of trying to better ourselves."

"I'm disappointed in the way we've been playing," Jazz coach Jerry Sloan added. "It's kind of like everybody for himself. Everybody's trying to get shots. Everybody's trying to do their own thing, rather than try to play the game the way you have a chance to win."

Watson (38 points) and Kurz (21) both had career-high nights as the Warriors shot 54.8 percent and led by 18 in the fourth quarter. Marco Belinelli had to suit up despite a sprained ankle just so Golden State could dress an NBA-minimum eight players.

As part of their skeleton lineup, the Warriors had four undrafted players, three rookies and four members of last summer's Rocky Mountain Revue entry, last seen playing at Salt Lake Community College.

Williams said the Jazz talked beforehand about the Warriors being young and dangerous with nothing to lose. Golden State's 113-109 loss Friday to Houston also was mentioned, yet the Jazz looked as if they couldn't have taken the Warriors more lightly.

"Maybe," Harpring said, "but really in this stage of the season and where we are and what we're fighting for, it's really no excuse. You just don't do that. We've got to find a way to find some heart, find some pride and go out there and play like we're capable of playing."

The Jazz were blown away 36-20 in the second quarter, fell behind by 15 and were booed off the court trailing 64-51 at halftime. The Warriors hit 25 of 40 shots (62.5 percent), with no shortage of layups and three-pointers.

At one end, Ronny Turiaf blocked Paul Millsap at the rim, then ran the floor for a dunk himself. Kurz got the friendliest of rolls of a three-pointer, then hit another and pounded his chest back down court.

Andrei Kirilenko went 1-for-8 in the quarter, missing a series of open jumpers and drives, before he was benched for Kyle Korver. Sloan opened the second half with Harpring in the lineup, after Harpring didn't get off the bench in the first half.

The Warriors still were in control 77-60 after Watson attacked for a layup off a pick-and-roll and was fouled, with Mehmet Okur slamming the ball in frustration off the basket standard to draw a technical foul.

It was inevitable that Golden State would run out of gas, accompanied by a furious fourth-quarter comeback by the Jazz. But with the Warriors clinging to a 103-98 lead, Anthony Morrow tipped in Kelenna Azubuike's missed jumper and was fouled.

Morrow's three-point play with 2:37 left was the back breaker as the Warriors went on to win for the first time in Utah since November 2005. The search for answers, meanwhile, will start with the basics for the Jazz.

"You've got to give it your all and play with some passion," Harpring said. "It shows."

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In short ? With only seven healthy players, the Warriors still dealt the Jazz a crippling loss.

Key moment ? Anthony Morrow's three-point play tip-in ends the Jazz's fourth-quarter threat.

Key stat ? The Warriors were missing their top four leading scorers -- Stephen Jackson, Jamal Crawford, Monta Ellis and Corey Maggette.