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PORTLAND, Ore. — The regular season came to a bizarre end here Wednesday night, in a game between the league’s two most injury-depleted teams. As the playoff-bound Trail Blazers mostly rested their key players in a game that had no consequence for their postseason positioning, the low-run Golden State Warriors brought just eight players. Two of them (Ronny Turiaf and Anthony Morrow) were declared unfit to play by the team’s trainer during warmups. Midway through the first quarter, center Chris Hunter aggravated his knee. So Coach Don Nelson, who recently became the career victories leader, used five players for the rest of the game.

Well, he tried. When Devean George fouled out in the fourth quarter, Nelson argued that he had no players left and that George could remain in the game while the Warriors were assessed a technical foul. Officials said that one of the other players on the bench must enter the game. The game stalled as the sides argued.

Ultimately, Nelson lost the argument. He inserted Hunter for about a minute. Then he pulled him for Turiaf, who fouled seven seconds later. Nelson took Turiaf out and inserted Morrow, who played nine seconds. Finally George, with six fouls, came in to finish the final 3 minutes, 29 seconds, and the Warriors were assessed a technical foul.

“They made me put injured players in,” Nelson said after the game. “That’s not right.”

Warriors players missed more than 500 combined games because of injuries this season. But with Stephen Curry (42 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists), Monta Ellis (34 points), Anthony Tolliver and Reggie Williams each playing 48 minutes, they managed to beat the Blazers, 122-116. It was Nelson’s 1,335th career victory. The Warriors finished 26-56, and the Blazers (50-32) head to a first-round matchup with Phoenix.

“What a bizarre game, huh?” Nelson said.