Golden State fans walked into Chase Center Saturday night expecting fireworks. What they got instead was an emotional rollercoaster featuring baby giggles, vintage Butler, and a painful slap of reality that might’ve even made a grown Dub cry into their $20 garlic fries.

Let’s start with the MVP of the moment—not Anthony Edwards, not Jimmy Butler, not even Jonathan “I should’ve been playing all season” Kuminga.

We’re talking about Caius Curry—the baby boy of Stephen Curry—who just turned one year old and somehow already has more fans than Jordan Poole in a slump.

In the most wholesome moment Chase Center has seen since 2015, confetti, Stephen Curry waltzed into the crowd mid-warmup just to play with baby Caius, laughing, pointing, and clapping as if he didn’t just get ruled out of the game due to a nagging hamstring injury.

Caius, sitting there like a king in his plush seat, about to turn one tomorrow—and honestly, that might be the happiest birthday present he could get. A viral moment with his dad.

Fans? Obsessed. Media? Filming like they were witnessing a Pixar short film. Social media? Melting down like the Warriors’ three-point percentage without Steph.

You’d think nothing could overshadow that moment, but this is the NBA—and the Warriors are allergic to peace. So here’s the buzzkill: Stephen Curry might not return at all in this series.

Yeah. That’s not a typo. Dan Devone of “Warriors This Week” dropped the mic, saying, “There’s a very good chance Steph Curry doesn’t play in this series.” Imagine hearing that right after watching your team brick threes like they’re auditioning for a YMCA scrimmage.

Curry strained his hamstring in Game 1, and while the MRI didn’t reveal anything season-ending, the recovery timeline ain’t looking good. He was already ruled out for Games 2 through 4, and unless this series magically goes to a Game 6, we might’ve already seen the last of Steph this postseason.

A Wild Game 3 Without the Chef Curry

Even without their head chef in the kitchen, the Warriors cooked up some spice. Unfortunately, the recipe didn’t include any first-half three-pointers. In fact, Golden State went 0-for-5 from downtown in the first 24 minutes, marking the first time since 2007 they failed to make a three in a playoff half.

2007! Back when MySpace was still a thing and Steph was still a skinny kid at Davidson.

To make it even crazier, they led 42-40 at halftime, becoming just the second team in NBA playoff history to lead at the half without hitting a single triple. The first? The 2017 Toronto Raptors, aka “We The Rare.”

The offense looked like it was trying to discover fire for the first time. We’re talking shot percentages that dropped faster than a crypto scam on Reddit.

Let’s give flowers where they’re due. Jonathan Kuminga went absolute Super Saiyan with 30 points off the bench, and Jimmy Butler dropped 33 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists in a vintage outing.

But it wasn’t enough. Golden State fell 102-97, and Anthony Edwards, who started the game shooting like he was blindfolded, finished with 36 points and a dagger three late in the fourth. Julius Randle casually dropped a triple-double (24/12/10) like it was brunch.

Meanwhile, Warriors coach Steve Kerr finally opened the Kuminga treasure chest, giving him real minutes.  While Kuminga and Butler went off, Buddy Hield was the only other Warrior in double digits with 14 points. And Brandin Podziemski? Let’s just say his 1-of-10 shooting performance looked like he was trying to beat Wemby in hide-and-seek… and Wemby was the hoop.

The Warriors shot 10-of-23 from three overall, but it felt like most of that came after the game was already slipping away. And considering Steph wasn’t there to rain hellfire from 30 feet, the rest of the team looked like they were tossing frisbees toward a moving trash can.

Game 4 tips off Monday, May 12 at 10 PM ET, and unless Curry pulls a miraculous return worthy of a Marvel mid-credits scene, it’s going to be up to Kuminga, Butler, and the Brick Bros to keep Golden State alive.

The Timberwolves now lead the series 2-1, with momentum, defense, and actual working hamstrings on their side.

If Curry can’t return, it’s time for Steve Kerr to dig deep, throw the playbook at the wall, and pray to every basketball god known to man. Because without the greatest shooter in history, the Warriors are… well, not the Warriors.

Even if the Warriors go out this round, at least fans got to see Stephen Curry doing dad things mid-playoffs, which is truly elite behavior. From ankle-breakers to bottle-feeding—Chef Curry does it all.