The Golden State Warriors have suffered their share of losses this season, but they've done an outstanding job of rebounding from those defeats recently.

They'll try to avoid their first back-to-back losses in nearly two months Tuesday when they host the Seattle SuperSonics.

Golden State (33-22) fell 117-110 to Atlanta on Friday despite getting 61 points from its starting backcourt of Baron Davis and Monta Ellis. The Warriors were outscored 35-23 in the first quarter and trailed the rest of the way.

"I have no excuses," Warriors coach Don Nelson said.

Nelson's club hopes to bounce back as it tries to avoid losing two in a row for the first time since Jan. 2 and 4. Golden State fell to Dallas and New Orleans, respectively, on those dates for their only back-to-back losses since the team opened the season 0-6.

Golden State may have a better chance of again avoiding a second straight defeat if forward Stephen Jackson is able to return Tuesday. The Warriors are 2-7 this season without Jackson, their second-leading scorer at 20.6 points per game who has been sidelined the last two games with an ankle injury.

Golden State has also been playing without starting center Andris Biedrins, who's out indefinitely after undergoing an appendectomy Thursday.

"I didn't think that we came with a sense of urgency early," Davis said after scoring 35 points with seven assists in Friday's loss. "It's a tough deficit to come back from but we can't make excuses because two of our best players are out. We've got to go out and win."

They'll try to do that as they host Seattle (15-40), which is 5-21 on the road, including 1-12 since Dec. 15.

The Sonics' latest loss was at home Sunday, 111-91 to the Los Angeles Lakers. Like Golden State in its last game, Seattle was playing without two key players in Chris Wilcox (upper respiratory infection) and Damien Wilkins (sprained right wrist). Both are day-to-day.

"We missed guys, there's no question about that," said Sonics coach P.J. Carlesimo, who coached the Warriors for two-plus seasons from 1997-99. "(But) before you start talking about what you did right or did wrong, you have to play hard and compete and they just took it to us. It was very disappointing."

Sonics rookie Kevin Durant, shooting just 33.8 percent from the field in his last five games, was held to 15 points and 4-for-13 shooting Sunday.

"We didn't come out with a lot of energy and some nights you go through that," he said. "You have to learn from that and how to pick it up in the third quarter and fight back and play hard."

Durant was 2-for-12 and had a season low-tying six points in his first career game against Golden State on Dec. 2. The Sonics lost that contest 109-96 for their eighth defeat in the last 10 meetings with the Warriors. They've lost four straight at Oracle Arena since an 88-85 victory Jan. 28, 2005.

Jackson tied for the Golden State lead with 20 points in the Dec. 2 win, and is averaging 28.7 points and shooting 48.1 percent (26-for-54) from the field in his last three home games.