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OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Golden State Warriors showed their vulnerability when they dropped a 132-127 double-overtime thriller to the Houston Rockets on Thursday night.Unfortunately for Saturdays opponent, the Phoenix Suns, now the Warriors get another opportunity to demonstrate their invincibility.Golden State will put its NBA-record streak of not having lost consecutive regular-season games (105) on the line Saturday when they face the Suns for the third time this season.The Warriors have lost only three times this season. The first two times, they rebounded with 122-114 and 116-106 victories, both over the New Orleans Pelicans.The last time Golden State had a two-game losing streak was April 5-7, 2015. Theyve played the Suns six times since then, and won all six.But the most recent win didnt come easy.In fact, the Suns led 111-106 in the fourth quarter in Oakland before Klay Thompson buried a pair of 3-pointers and three free throws during a 27-9 finish that produced a 133-120 victory.That was Golden States fourth straight win after its Nov. 4 loss to the Los Angeles. The Warriors extended that winning streak to 12 games before Thursdays nail-biter.The Nov. 13 win over Phoenix also extended the Warriors streak of regular-season games without consecutive losses to 96, breaking the record of 95 that was set by the Utah Jazz bridging the 1997-98 and 1998-99 seasons.Its really a remarkable achievement, Warriors coach Steve Kerr said at the time. Everybody is going to lose games in this league. How you respond to those losses says a lot about your team.The Suns responded well to a two-game home losing streak with an impressive 109-107 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday.Phoenix once again demonstrated an improved defense in the win. Once statistically the worst defense in the league, the Suns allowed 107 or fewer points for the fifth time in their last seven games, a stretch during which their league ranking has improved two spots.If the Suns are concerned about an aspect of their game now, its ball distribution. Phoenix actually had more turnovers (17) than assists (15) in the Atlanta win.Now theyre up against arguably the best passing team in the NBA. While the Suns rank second-to-last in the league in assists per game (18.3), the Warriors are first (31.3).In fact, Golden State recorded 30 or more assists in 10 straight games earlier this season, just three off the NBA record of 13 in a row.The Suns havent had a single game higher than 27 this season. 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Witten would also like to remind people that the player he came into the league with 13 years ago once returned to a game with broken ribs and a punctured lung.People are going to bet against him, thats fine, and I dont think thats unfair to do so, Witten said. But if you know what hes about, which everybody in this building does, hes going to be back sooner than probably expected and hell play better than anybody thought he would because I know thats what hes about.Before even taking a question at his opening news conference for training camp, owner and general manager Jerry Jones said the Cowboys were finished waiting for star players to return after injuries to Romo and receiver Dez Bryant and suspensions for linebacker Rolando McClain and defensive end Greg Hardy set the tone for a first-to-worst slide to 4-12.In keeping with that vow, Jones is talking up rookie fourth-round pick Dak Prescott, who figures to start at least the first few games as long as hes healthy, starting with the opener Sept. 11 against the New York Giants.And Prescott has been impressive enough in the preseason for Jones to lose interest in adding a veteran after backup Kellen Moore broke his right ankle in a camp practice. Romos injury forces the Cowboys to look outside for a quarterback, but now it will be a backup to Prescott instead of to the teams 36-year-old leader.Weve got a lot of energy here, Jones said Tuesday on his radio show. And we can win with this. I think Dak under center brings a lot of that there. That doesnt mean you didnt have a lot of excitement with Tony being healthy. Weve got a chance to deevelop that energy, that asset so to speak with Dak.ddddddddddddThe failures last year were the result of spotty play from backups Brandon Weeden and Matt Cassel and a defense that finished last in the NFL in takeaways and turnover margin. The Cowboys also struggled to develop a deep threat without Bryant, an All-Pro in 2014 when the Cowboys won the NFC East and a playoff game.I think when I talked to you guys in April, the first thing we had to do coming off that season was we had to evaluate that thoroughly, Witten said. I think as a football team we did a really good job of that, and thats hard. Its hard to look at yourself and say I didnt play well. We didnt play well.The injuries to Romo and Bryant (broken foot) overshadowed a defense that was missing Orlando Scandrick, who was lost for the season to a knee injury in training camp. The Cowboys missed his playmaking, and maybe his straight talk as well.What do you want us to do, quit? Scandrick shot back at reporters this week. We are here to win games. Tony is not going to play football one day. Nothing is forever. People get hurt. You build a team to withstand this kind of stuff.Romo is 78-49 as the starter, and the Cowboys are 7-20 when he has been sidelined by injuries that include a broken finger, three breaks of his left collarbone, a herniated disk and another small fracture in his back.The broken ribs and punctured lung dont count because he didnt miss a game, returning in a come-from-behind win at San Francisco and playing eight days later in a home win on a Monday night against Washington in 2011.I think on the face of this, it really does hurt, Witten said. But I dont think the expectations adjust any. I think the reason for that is we believe in the construction of this team, that it is strong, and the people around us. Weve decided that with Tony.But they will have to play without Romo -- again.---Online:AP NFL websites: http://pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL---Follow Schuyler Dixon on Twitter at https://twitter.com/apschuyler ' ' '