Kuminga has been one of the most in form players in the league in what has been a break out season. He had just 12 on Thursday but he as well as Brandon Podziemski are going to be big keys to the Warriors success moving forward. With the win over the Lakers they have now won 9 of their last 11, and look to continue to keep climbing up the Western Conference.
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Johnathan Kuminga hit the second buzzer beater of the night to put the Warriors up 16 going into the final quarter, and that allowed Golden State to put it on cruise control until the finish line.
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Thompson had 35 in his first game off the bench since 2012. That was before the All-Star break, but after the All-Star break things didn't quite get off to a hot start. He went 1/9 and had just three points off the bench against the Lakers. Luckily for him and Golden State they didn't need him too much.
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These were Kevon Looney's only points of the night, but the Warriors got 46 points off the bench.
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The game was back and forth for the first 20 minutes, but theWarriors went on a 17-5 run to end the first half and never lost control of the game from that point on. Andrew Wiggins had this tip in at the buzzer for two of his 20 on the night.
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Curry didn't just have 32 points, he dished 8 assist to get some of the other guys involved. Jackson-Davis ended the night with 17 points on 8/10 shooting in one of his best games of the year.
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While Thompson only had one field goal on the night, Trayce Jackson-Davis picked up the slack off the bench. He had 13 points off the bench in a five minute span in the second quarter.
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Curry hit four threes in the first quarter, and had 16 points after the first 12 minutes. In the game before the break it was Klay Thompson who got hot off the bench. Thompson struggled off the bench in this game, but Steph was there to cover for him.
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The Golden State Warriors went into the All-Star Break as the hottest team in the league and come out of it with a comfortable win over the LeBron-less Lakers. He had 32 on the night, and started cooking early in the first quarter.
He came out and hit a couple straight threes to get his night started, but this pass to Wiggins got the fans off their seats.
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110-128
Hood-Schifiino hits the three ball and that's going to do it.
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107-128
Saric hits the mid range jumper
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107-126
Hood-Schifino to the line after the foul on Quinones and he hits one of two FTs.
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106-126
Robinson drills the three ball from the wing off the kick out from Saric!
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106-123
Christie pulls up on the baseline and hits the mid range jumper.
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104-123
Moody finds Robinson cutting to the basket and he finishes with a flush.
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104-121
Christie to the line after the foul on Robinson and he hits both FTs.
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102-121
Robinson to the line after the foul on Mays and he hits one of two FTs.
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102-120
Timeout Warriors with 2:38 to go in the 4th.
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Santon drills the three ball off the kick out from Saric!
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102-117
Mays with a beautiful set of moves and he lays it up with a finger roll.
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100-117
Quinones to the line after the foul on Hayes and he hits both FTs.
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100-115
Mayes with a euro step in transition and lays it up off the glass on the reverse.
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98-115
Jackson-Davis with the tip out on the offensive boards, and Moody drives it home with a jam.
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98-113
Hayes comes out of the timeout and slams it home but the LA starters came out of the TO on the bench.
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96-113
Timeout Lakers with 5:52 to go.
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96-113
Slip screen from Jackson-Davis and Thompson found him for the slam.
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96-111
After three offensive boards, Kuminga walks to the cup and throws down a two handed jam.
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96-109
Prince gets into the paint and floats it over the crowd.
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94-109
Jackson-Davis on the slam off the Thompson dump off.
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94-107
Dinwiddie gets the lay up and the foul! FT is good with under 9:00 to go.
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91-107
Wiggins driving to the iron and lays it up off the glass.
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91-105
Russell hits the three ball off the dribble but he's had a rough night from the field.
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88-105
Wiggins to the linen after the foul on Russell and he hits both FTs.
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88-103
Saric with the kick out and Wiggins drills the three ball from the wing!
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88-100
Wiggins with the hook shot in the lane.
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88-98
Russell sticks the three off the offensive board from the Hayes missed FT.
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85-98
Hayes goes to the line after the foul on Wiggins, but he misses both FTs.
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85-98
Christie starts the quarter with a three ball from the corner
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82-96
Kuminga with the baseline Jat the buzzer and the Warriors are going to the fourth quarter with the Warriors up by 16.
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82-96
Russell to the line after the foul on Quinones and he hits both FTs.
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80-96
Thompson finally finds the bottom of the net with a three abll from the top of the key.
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80-93
Looney follows up the missed lay up from Quinones and tips it in.
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80-91
Podziemski to the line after the foul on Dinwiddie and he hits both FTs.
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80-89
Dinwiddie collapses the defense and finds Prince in the corner for the three ball!
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77-89
Davis with another hook shot. He's going to need a little help from anyone else.
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75-89
Davis drops the baby hook in the lane
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73-89
Quinones with a cut to the bucket and he gets the lay up to go AND 1! FT is good.
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73-86
Dinwiddie on the leaner in the lane.
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71-86
Reaves with a pull up from the top of the key out of the timeout.
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69-86
Thompson drives and he lays it off for Wiggins for the lay up.
Timeout Lakers with 4:47 to go in the 3rd quarter.
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69-84
Curry off the screen and he pulls the trigger from downtown!
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69-81
Baseline drive from Moody and he stretches for the slam!
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69-79
Davis spots up from the elbow and hits the mid range jumper.
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67-79
Curry on the drive and he uses the glass to get that one to drop.
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67-77
Hachimura with a lay up dow low after the entry pass from Russell.
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65-77
Timeout Warriors with 7:02 to go in the third quarter.
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Kuminga to the corner for Green and he drills the three ball!
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65-74
Davis pulls up from outside the lane and he's starting to heat up again.
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63-74
Kumings with the jam after the fake handoff to Curry.
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63-72
Davis with the floater and he's got 19 points after 13 in the first quarter.
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Davis rolls to the iron and hits the lay up off the glass off the feed from Russell.
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59-72
Russell is picked off by Curry who scoops it and scores.
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59-68
Kuminga responds with a three ball of his own from the wing!
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59-65
Reaves drills the three ball with the shot clock winding down!
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56-65
WE ARE BACK IN SAN FRAN FOR THE SECOND HALF OF ACTION!
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Steph ended the first half with 25 points on 9/12 shooting. When he's playing like this team is almost impossible to beat.
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Jackson-Davis came off the bench and started rolling. He had 13 points in the second quarter, most of them off of high percentage shots like this one.
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With no LeBron James its going to be up to everyone else tonight. Jackson Hayes came up with a big jam off the bench.
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Steph had 16 in the first half and went4/5 from downtown.
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Steph had a scoring first half, but we'll get to his shooting in a second. Check out this behind the back pass to Wiggins from half court.
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Wiggins with the tip in buzz beater off the missed three from Podziemski!
That's going to take us to halftime and the Warriors end the second quarter on a 17-5 run.
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56-65
Russell laid it up and had it goaltended by Kuminga.
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54-65
Wiggins with the block and Curry releases for the open transition lay up! He's got 25 on the night!
Timeout Lakers with 1:11 to go in the half.
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54-63
Curry drills a three ball off the step back from the top of the key!
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54-60
Reaves drives and floats one up and in.
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Podziemski in the corner and he drills another three ball!
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Hachimura to the line after the foul on Green and he hits one of two FTs.
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Podziemski drills a three ball from the top of the key and the Warriors are on a 7-0 run.
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51-54
Wiggins drives baseline and he hits the tear drop from outside the lane.
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Curry into the paint off the Green dish, and he hits the runner.
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51-50
Reaves puts his head down and lays it up at the rim.
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Russell to the line after the foul on Podziemski and he hits one of two FTs.
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Curry to the line after the foul on Dinwiddie and he hits both FTs.
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Green uses the bank to knock down the mid range jumper from outside the lane.
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48-46
Reaves pulls up and hits the mid range jumper.
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Curry with the dump down to Saric who lays it up and in.
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46-44
Prince with a lay up falling to the ground
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Davis to the line after the foul on Moody and he hits both FTs.
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Curry with the pick and roll and he finds Jackson-Davis for the jam! He's got 13 already!
Timeout Lakers with 7:17 to go in the first quarter.
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Jackson-Davis running the floor and he gets the transition lay up to go after the block on the other end.
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Jackson-Davis with the follow up and he gets the role. He's having a nice night off the bench.
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42-38
Hayes going to the line after the steal and foul on Saric, and he hits one of two FTs.
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41-38
Prince with the driving lay up and then stole the ball on the in bound.
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Thompson going up top and he finds Jackson-Davis for the alley oop lay up.
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Hachimura with the euro step in the lane after the offensive board from Christie.
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Jackson-Davis rolls to the basket and Thomspon found him for the lay up.
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Hayes slicing down the lane and he co*cks it back and drops it home!
Timeout GS with under 10 to go in the first half.
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Jackson-Davis breaks the run with a lay up off the offensive board from Wiggins, and he gets the foul! FT is good.
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35-31
Prince in the corner and he drills the three ball! LA is on a 7-0 run to start the second quarter.
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Hayes follows his own miss and gets it to fall.
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Christie comes off the bench and hits a short pull up in the lane.
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28-31
We are at the end of the first quarter and it's the Warriors leading by three after the first 12 minutes.
Curry had 16 points on 4/5 shooting from downtown! GS shot 6/12 from downtown but had 5 turnovers which allowed the Lakers some early points. Davis has 13 and Russell has 7 for LA.
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28-31
Davis sends Kuminga to the line with 0.8on the clock and he hits one of two FTs.
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28-30
Davis to the line after the foul on Kuminga and he hits one of two FTs.
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Kuminga driving strong to the iron and he lays it up after taking some contact.
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Russell in the corner and he drills the three ball!
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Podziemski on the baseline and he hits the floater from outside the lane.
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Looney brushes off the contact and puts it up and in from down low.
Timeout Lakers with 2:24 to go in the first quarter.
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Curry pull up from five feet from behind the three point line and he's got 4 threes already!
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24-21
Davis on the slam off the dump down from Reaves on the baseline.
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Reaves pushing the floor and he hits the runner before falling into the front row.
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20-21
Curry to blockand he hits the floater over Dinwiddie.
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20-19
Davis working in the paint and he gets the short floater to go.
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18-19
Davis to the line after the foul on Thompson and he hits both FTs.
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Timeout Warriors with 5:35 to go in the first quarter.
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16-19
Wiggins was left open on the perimeter and he drills the three from the wing!
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Russell getting back to the basket and he lays it up and in off the glass.
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Curry working off the dribble and he hits the step back from the mid range.
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Hachimura in the corner and he ties it up with a three ball!
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Russell shifting to the bucket and he reverses it up and in over Green.
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Curry with another three ball and he's got three triples already!
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Curry turned it over and Russell found Davis in transition for the lay up.
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6-11
Pull from Reaves on the win and he drills it!
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Curry with the no look behind the back pass from half court and Wiggins had a wide open jam!
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4-9
Draymond getting into the action from long range!
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Davis slashing to the cup and Reaves found him for the lay up.
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Curry with back-to-back triples to start the game, and he already did the turn around before the shot went in!
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Curry comes off a curl and drains a three ball from the wing! He was hot going into the break, let's see if he's hot coming out.
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2-0
Davis gets us started with an offensive board off his own miss, and the Lakers are on the board.
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0-0
WE ARE UNDERWAY FROM THE CHASE CENTER!!!
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With no LeBron, it's going to be Davis running the show with Reeves, Russell, Prince and Hachimura in the starting five.
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For the second straight game Steve Kerr is going with Brandon Podziemski instead of Klay Thompson in the starting five. He is joined by Steph, Green, Wiggins and Kuminga.
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Western Conference Standings
Taking a look at the standings coming out of the All-Star Break we see the Lakers and the Warriors both in Play-In positions. The Lakers are in 9th place with a record of 30-26 while the Golden State at 27-26, 1.5 games behind Lakers in 10th place. This isn’t exactly where these two teams want to be at the end of the regular season, although they have grown quite familiar to having to get through the Play-In Tournament in the last few years.
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Thompson adjusting to new role
Klay Thompson has always been one to wear his emotions on his sleeve. We’ve been there for his ups and downs. The four time champion, who has had to deal with two potentially career ending injuries, is now having to adjust to his new role on a team he helped lead to dynasty status over the last decade. We have seen Steve Kerr bench him late in the fourth quarter of tight games, and just before the halftime break we saw him come off the bench as rookie Brandon Podziemski started in his place. He may not always be happy with his role, but he showed his can still be productive in whatever role his coach needs him to play.
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LA needs AD to be dominant
The Lakers are already a team that revolve around Anthony Davis. As he goes, so do the Lakers. When he struggles, the Lakers struggle as well. That’s going to be even more the case with LeBron James set to miss a bit of time as he recovers from his ankle injury. This is a team that has been no stranger to dealing with injuries, and now the All-Star center needs to put this team on his shoulders and ensure the Lakers make the post season, preferably with an automatic playoff bid. He’s averaging 24.9 points, 12.2 rebounds and almost four assists a game, and we can only assume those numbers will get better as LeBron takes his time getting back to 100%.
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Why isn’t LeBron James playing against the Warriors today, 22 Feb.?
LeBron out
The Lakers come back from the All-Star break needing every win they can from here on out. They begin the final stretch of the season in 9th place in the West, and will be without LeBron James coming out of the week long pause.
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Warriors last game
The Warriors played the Jazz in their final game before the break and almost blew a 14 point fourth quarter lead. Klay Thompson came off the bench for the first time in almost a decade, and instead of sitting and sulking he came out and dropped 35 on 13/22 shooting. It looked like the Warriors were going to run away with the game in the second half, but Colin Sexton and Keyonte George combined for 68 points to bring the Jazz back in the game. George tied a rookie record with 9 threes and Sexton dished nine assists to make it a one point game with a half minute left. Lauri Markkanen had a chance to take the lead with a three pointer with 8 on the clock, John Collins got the offensive board, but threw his pass out of bounds and after two made Steph Curry FTs, Collin Sexton missed a step back three to tie the game as the clock ran out.
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Lakers last game
The Lakers played the Jazz right before the All-Star Break, and they did so without LeBron James. Without the league’s all-time leading scorer, it was up to Anthony Davis to carry the load in Utah. While Davis did the dirty work down low it was D’Angelo Russell who orchestrated the offense dishing 17 assists. The game was tight at halftime, but the Lakers came out and starched the lead to 23 after the break and cruised into the All-Star Weekend with a 138-122 win.
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We are live from Chase Center
Hello everyone and welcome to the Bay Area where the Golden State Warriors are back from the break looking to sort things out after a rough first 50+ games. On top of injuries, aging, and Draymond Green suspensions there has been a bit of a changing of the guard in San Fran which has made for a bumpy ride up until this point. They were one of the hottest teams going into the break, and will look to keep their good run of form alive agains the LA Lakers, who are in a very similar situation. LeBron James isn’t 25 anymore, and Anthony Davis is still a dominant big man but both have been suffering injuries as Darvin Hamm tries to maneuver the roster to try to find the best squad for the rest of the season.
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Lakers vs. Warriors live
The NBA All-Star Break has come to an end which means the final stretch of the regular season is upon us. Teams are going to be fighting for playoff position over the next two months, and no teams need to climb up the standings more than the Los Angeles Lakers and the Golden State Warriors who are currently in Play-In position. Tonight they return to action and AS English will be with you all night providing live coverage, stats, highlights and analysis from the Chase Center.
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