The Toronto Raptors are quickly fading in the Eastern Conference and Chris Bosh is getting frustrated.

In a brief three-minute conversation with reporters following a 124-112 loss to the Golden State Warriors on Saturday night, Bosh criticized his teammates and himself and said he's out of explanations for Toronto's slide that has the Raptors on the fringe of missing the post-season.

"It's like if you look at the schedule right now and see Toronto, I'm sure people are checking something in the win box," said Bosh, who had 24 points and 11 rebounds in the loss. "I can understand if we lose the game going down fighting but we're not fighting at all.

"Time is ticking and it's counting down, and if we keep playing the way we are right now, we're going to be on the outside looking in. Guys need to step it up, period."

The Raptors have lost four straight and eight of nine while seeing their lead over Chicago trimmed to 1½ games for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

Three weeks ago, the Raptors closed an 11-2 stretch that put them in contention for home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs. Now they're struggling just to get into the post-season.

Simple answer

Asked what Toronto needs to do to turn things around, Bosh, the franchise leader in points, rebounds and blocked shots, was succinct in his reply.

"Just do it. Act like you care," he said. "I'm going down playing offence on [the Warriors] side of the court and their bench is louder than we are. That doesn't make any sense. They're not playing for anything.

"We're trying to make the playoffs, maybe get a fifth seed, but that's like slipping every day. This isn't playoff basketball."

Toronto, Charlotte, Miami and Chicago are vying for the final three playoff spots in the East. The Raptors currently sit in eighth behind the Bobcats and Heat, and ahead of the Bulls.

Losing to a Golden State team that owned the third-worst record in the NBA certainly didn't help.

Stephen Curry had 35 points and 10 assists for the Warriors while Monta Ellis scored 31 in his second game back following a back injury.

"Before the game we said just go out there and have fun and try and get a win," said Ellis, who had his first 30-point game since scoring 46 against Dallas on Feb. 3. "We made plays for other guys and got everyone involved. We got ourselves together and became a scrappy team."

In short, the Warriors did everything the Raptors didn't do.

Losing streak snapped

Corey Maggette added 20 points and Anthony Morrow had 11 for Golden State, which set a season high with 16 three-pointers while snapping a six-game losing streak.

The Warriors got a big lift from Ellis, who was playing for only the second time after sitting out six games with a back injury. Golden State's team captain scored 17 points on 7-of-15 shooting in Thursday's 110-105 loss to Portland, but went 12 of 22 against Toronto.

Curry also came up big while falling one point shy of his career high. The Warriors' rookie matched Ellis for the team lead with five three-pointers, including a 32-footer with 1.5 seconds left to play.

Jose Calderon had 24 points and 12 assists for Toronto, which trailed by as much as 15 in the matchup of two of the NBA's highest-scoring teams.