The Warriors have won eight of their last nine games, and might be playing their best basketball of the year. They have three more games to go and if they win out the lowest they will finish is 9th, and could have a shot at 8th.
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It wasn't just the shooting that made the difference for the Warriors on Tuesday night. They ended the night with 11 blocks and owned the paint with Anthony Davis sidelined with injury.
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Draymond Green went 5/5 from downtown and had 15 points at halftime. The Warriors were flirting with history against the Lakers on the biggest night of the season. They hit 26 threes which is one shy of their franchise record and three shy of the NBA record.
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Curry had a perfect night from downtown, hitting all six of his three point attempts but it was his teammate who stole the show,especially in the first half.
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Klay Thompson got his second straight start after dropping over 30 last game against the Jazz. He is hitting stride at the right time and is thrivingany role that Steve Kerr has drawn up for him.
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The Warriors had everyone healthy for the biggest game of the season so far, where the Lakers were missing Anthony Davis who sat out the game nursing an eye injury he suffered against Minnesota in the previous game. Everyone stepped up for the Warriors, including the rookies Trayce Jackson-Davis and Brandon Podziemski.
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Draymond Green said after the game that he went and got shots up at a local gym earlier in the day because he knew LA would leave him open from downtown. He made them pay for that over, and over, and over again.
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The Golden State Warriors went into Crypto.com Arena and came out with a massive victory against the Lakers in a direct battle for the last spot in the Play-In. Klay Thompsonled his way to victory, dropping 27points in a game in which the Warriors couldn’t lose if they are going to move out of the 10th spot.
With the last team in the Play-Inneeding to win two road games to just get an eight seed, the Warriors knew they had to win in LA to have any chance of jumping the Lakers. Steph got the Warriors going with a floater in the lane to start the game, but the story was behind the arc in Crypto.com Arena on Tuesday night.
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134-120
IT'S ALL OVER!!!
The Warriors get a huge win on the road and take the season series over LA. If the Warriors win over they would finish in at least 9th.
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134-120
Castleton with a steal and a slam on the other end.
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134-118
Prince to the line and he hits two FTs.
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134-116
Quinones goes to the after the foul on Lewis and he hits both FTs.
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132-116
Christie drops a mid range jumper.
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132-114
Santos off the bench and he gets the reverse to go.
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130-114
Hachimura to the line and he hits one of two FTs.
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130-112
Curry drills another three ball! This is ridiculous!
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127-112
James eases to the bucket and he lays it up an in.
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127-110
Payton with a huge block on the Hachimura dunk attempt and then Thompson drills a three ball to put the cherry on top! He's got 27 and the Warriors have hit 25threes tonight!
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124-110
Reaves with a pull up from outside the lane, but surly it's too late for the Lakers to make a comeback now.
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124-108
Thompson in the lane and his fader falls.
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122-108
Hachimura to the rack and James found him for the lay up .
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122-106
Payton drills the thee ball out of the break and that is number 24 on the night!
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119-106
James makes a full court sprint to the bucket and gets the lay up on the break to fall.
Timeout Lakers with under 5:00 to go.
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119-104
Green to the line after the foul on Russell, but he misses both FTs.
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119-104
Wiggins drills the three ball in the face of Vincent! That ties a season high 23 threes for the Warriors.
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116-104
James hits both FTs out of the timeout.
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116-102
Timeout Lakers with 7:21 to go. LeBron will be at the line after the break.
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116-102
Paul weaving his way through traffic and he lays it up and off the glass.
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114-102
Hachimura drops a mid range jumper off the dish from James.
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114-100
Kuminga in the lane off the feed from Green on the baseline and he hits the runner.
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112-100
Paul finds Curry wide open and he drills a three ball from the top of hte key!
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109-100
James goes right back to the rack and bullies his way for a lay up.
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109-98
Paul drills a three ball out of the timeout to break the run from the Lakers.
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106-98
LeBron drills a fade away on the mid range jumper and that's a 9-0 run to start the quarter.
Timeout Warriors with under 10:00 to go.
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106-96
Reaves got bumped of the runner and hit the shot! FT is good after the foul on Kuminga.
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106-93
James drives right down Main St. and lays it up and in off the glass.
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106-91
James dumps it off for Hayes who slams it home.
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106-89
Paul drives left and scoops it up and off the glass, and the Warriors end the third quarter on a 10-0 run!
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104-89
Kuminga drills the three ball, and that makes it 20 triples for Golden State tonight in LA!
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101-89
Thompson to the cup and he gets the roll off the floater in the lane.
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99-89
Vincent lost the ball at mid court and Podziemski punishes the mistake with a three ball from the wing!
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96-89
Dinwiddie draws the foul, hits the mid range and gets the FT to go after the foul on Paul.
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96-86
Paul pulls up and strokes the mid range J to stretch the lead back out to 10.
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94-86
Huge bucket from Thompson who drains the three after the Lakers cut the lead to five.
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91-86
Hayes got the entry pass from Vincent and he slams it home.
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91-84
Jackson-Davis hits one of two FTs after a foul on Dinwiddie.
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90-84
James muscles his way to the bucket and gets the lay up to fall in traffic.
Timeout Warriors with 4:23 to go in the 3rd quarter.
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90-82
Hachimura with the put back off the miss from Reaves.
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90-80
Payton into the lane and he finishes with a finger roll before hitting the deck hard.
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88-80
Curry answer back by pulling up from the top of the key!
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85-80
Dinwiddie drills the three ball in the corner to close the deficit to five!
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85-77
Payton to the line after the foul on Reaves and he hits one of two FTs.
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84-77
James fiinds Hachimura cutting down the lane for the slam.
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84-75
Payton was left alone on the wing and he drills it after the feed from Curry.
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81-75
Reaves goes up and under Thompson after the entry pass from LeBron.
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81-73
James bullies through two defenders for the lay up down lown.
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81-71
Curry slings a pass to a driving Thompson on the baseline for a la yp.
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79-71
Curry to the line after the foul on Reaves and he hits both FTs.
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77-71
Russell drops a three ball from the wing and we have a six point game.
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77-68
Curry with the full court pass to Wiggins who was cherry picking for a dunk.
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75-68
Hayes gets T'd up and Curry hits the FT out of the break.
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74-68
Reaves goes right to the rack and gets an uncontested lay up to drop. Timeout Warriors with 9:25 to go in the third quarter.
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74-66
Jackson-Davis to the line after the foul o Hayes and he hits one of two FTs.
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73-66
James bullies his way to the bucket, gets the lay in and the foul! FT is good.
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73-63
Hachimura drills a corner three off the find from LeBron.
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73-60
Wiggins with the cork screw in the lane and he gets the second half going with a floater. That's 12 for him after scoring 10 last quarter.
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71-60
WE ARE BACK IN LA FOR THE SECOND HALF OF ACTION!
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The Warriors were red hot in the first half. They shot 56.8% from the field and 68.2% from downtown, dropping 15 of their 22 from behind the arc.
They lead the Lakers by 11 in this pivotal battle in the Western Conference postseason picture.
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After hitting his third straight three Draymond ran back with a cheeky smirk on his face, knowing that there was more where that came from.
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Thompson got the start for a second straight game and he took advantage with 15 points to join Draymond as the leading scorer so far tonight.
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LeBron and the Lakers didn't play poorly, they just couldn't keep up in the first half. LeBron has 14 to lead his team who is without Anthony Davis.
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Curry had 11 in the first half, and hit all three of his triple tries.
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I don't think all five threes Draymond hit are on the Warriors Twitter, but we'll give you every one they give us.
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In a game that has been full of three pointers, you would think Steph Curry would be at the eye of the storm, but that hasn't been the case. He's chipped in 11, but has been overshadowed by the rest of his team, particularly one man.
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71-60
WE ARE HEADED TO HALFTIME!
The Golden State Warriors were sensational from downtown to start this game. They hit 15 of their 22 threes to start the game.
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71-60
Reaves goes right back and drills another three ball, back to back for his and the deficit is down to 11.
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71-57
Green with his fifth three of the first half, and that has been the story of the night so far in the first half!
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68-57
Reaves drills the three ball off the pull up!
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68-54
Thompson tried to lay it up off the glass, and Hayes came through with a block but got it on the way down.
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66-54
Dinwiddie drills the three in the corner off the kickout from Russell.
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66-51
Wiggins puts it on the deck, spins on Rui and stretches for the lay up.
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64-51
Russell to the line after getting fouled on another three, and he hits all three FTs.
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64-48
Green drills ANOTHER three ball! His fourth of the game and the Warriors 14th in 20 attempts!
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61-48
Hachimura to the line after the foul on Wigginsand he hits both FTs.
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61-46
Curry answers back with another three ball and the hot shooting continues!
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58-46
Reaves pulls up from three off the kick out from James and they are going to need to see more of that if they are going to win this game.
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58-43
LeBron hits the mid range jumper out of the timeout and that will end the run for the Warriors.
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58-41
Curry drills the three ball from the wing and that's a 16-2 run for the Warriors, and the Lakers are going to take a timeout with under 6:00 to go.
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55-41
Wiggins wiggles into the paint and he's got 11 after the leanerin the lane. All of his points have been scored in this quarter.
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53-41
Timeout Lakers with 6:27 to go in the first half.
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53-41
Green with another three ball, and it's raining from downtown here in LA!!! They are 11/16 not from behind the arc.
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50-41
Wiggins sticks back to back threes and the Warriors are 10/15 from downtown!
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47-41
Prince with an up and under from down low and gets it to go off the glass.
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47-39
Wiggins steps into a three ball and drills it from the wing.
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44-39
Thompson to the lne after the foul on Prince and he hits both FTs.
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42-39
James to the line after the foul on Paul and he hits both FTs.
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42-38
Long pass from LeBron to Russell on the wing and he pulls up and drills it from the wing.
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42-35
LeBron lulls the defense to sleep and fires a pass to Russell for the lay up.
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42-33
Thompson drills another three ball and he's got 11 already.
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39-33
LeBron might be entering take over mode. He takes it off the dribble and slices to the cup for another lay up.
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39-31
LeBron drives baseline and hits the reverse off the glass.
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39-29
Kuminga to the line after the foul on Vincent and he hits one of two FTs.
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38-29
We are at the end of the first quarter and the Warriors are leading by 9 after hitting seven threes.
Podziemski leads the Warriors with 10points, while Thompson has 8 and Steph has 5.
Hayes and James both have 7 after the first.
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38-29
Russell got fouled by Kuminga on a halfcourt shot attempt and goes to the line and hits all three.
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38-26
Jackson-Davis gets the lay up to fall and the foul on Hayes and he hits the FT for the three point play.
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35-26
Dinwiddie answers back with a long range ball and all of the sudden both teams have caught fire at the end of the first quarter.
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35-23
Podziemski sticks a three ball off the step back!
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32-23
Russell running the pick and roll with Hayes who throws down the alley oop.
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32-21
Thompson with his second three ball of the night, drilling it from the wing.
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29-21
Paul pulls up from the elbow and that's his spot right there.
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27-21
Quick floater from Hayes off the baseline dish from Reddish.
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27-19
Kuminga to the line after the foul by Reddish and he hits both FTs.
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25-19
Hachimura flashes to the FT line and gets the short jumper to fall over Jackson-Davis who just had back to back blocks.
Timeout LA with 2:16 to go in the 1st quarter.
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25-17
Podziemski drive, and lobs to Jackson-Davis for the alley oop!
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23-17
Podziemski drives on the left side and laid it up and in in traffic.
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21-17
Reaves got fouled by Payton II, and he hits one of two FTs from the line.
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21-16
Green driving baseline and he found Podziemski slashing down the lane for the lay up.
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19-16
Curry splashes the three ball and got fouled by Reaves, but missed the FT!
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16-16
Hachimura drills another three ball, his second of the first quarter.
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16-13
LeBron got picked by Kuminga and Podziemski drills the three ball from the wing on the break.
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13-13
Hayes to the line after the foul on Jackson-Davis and he hits one of two FTs.
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13-12
Thompson puts it on the deck and lays it up and in from the right side.
That will take us to our first timeout with 6:26 to go in the first quarter.
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11-12
Hachimura answers back with a three ball from the wing.
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11-9
Thompso on the catch and shoot from the top of the key and he strokes it off the kickout from Green.
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8-9
LeBron backing down Thompson again, and again he hits the fader from outside the lane.
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8-7
Hayes was wide open and Reaves dumped it off for him after the penetration.
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8-5
Green gets another long ball to go off the dish from Curry. That's two for him already.
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5-5
James backing down the defender and he turns and fades from the mid range.
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5-3
Reaves was left wide open in transition and he sticks the triple from the wing.
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5-0
Green drills a triple try from the top of the key off the kick out from Thompson.
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2-0
Curry gets us going with a floater down the lane and he gets the roll off the front end of the rim.
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0-0
WE ARE UNDERWAY FROM LA!!!
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Klay Thompson is back in the starting line up after putting up 32 against the Jazz last game. He is joined by Curry, Wiggins, Green and Jackson-Davis.
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AD was a late scratch about an hour before the game which means Jaxson Hayes is going to plug into the starting five, joining LeBron, Rui, Russell, and Reaves.
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How the West is shaping up
Taking a look at the standings there are so many scenarios that could play out in the last week of the regular season. We see the Warriors in the 10 spot currently, and they have an extra game to make up against the Jazz which makes their 1.5 games back of the Lakers seem not too out of grasp, especially if they get a win tonight. The Lakers would love to get a top 6 spot, but basically everything that has to got exactly right for them to get there considering they are a game and a half behind the Pelicans in 7th and the Suns in 6th with the Kings nestled in there a half game in front of LA in 8th. If the Lakers can win out, their regular season finale against the Pelicans could be huge in determining who avoids the Play-In game.
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LeBron in, AD out
Like Steph, LeBron and AD were kept on the bench last game to ensure they would be 100% for tonight’s massive showdown against the Warriors. AD and James were listed on the injury report coming into tonight, Davis is out with left eye soreness after getting hit in the face in the first quarter of last game but LeBron will play after being listed with flu like symptoms. LeBron is averaging 25.4 points, 7.2 rebounds and 8.2 assists this season and has shown his ability to still take over games in the snap of the fingers. AD is getting 24.5 points and 12.6 rebounds but needs to be healthy to be at his best for their postseason run.
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Curry back tonight
Steph Curry got some rest last game against the Utah Jazz for one sole reason. This game tonight. Steve Kerr and Steph know how important this game may be when it comes to their Play-In survival and ultimate playoffs chances. Steph will be more than ready to have another memorable performance at the Crypto.com Arena. He and LeBron aren’t showing any signs of aging, with Steph averaging 26.5, 4.4 and 5 assists. We have to start appreciating these matchups between LeBron and Curry like they are the last ones we might see, because there isn’t much more time to watch the best players of this generation go head to head too many more times.
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Lakers last game
The Lakers had won 9 of previous 10 before dropping last game to Minnesota on the second end of a back-to-back series. It was a tough match up against one of the top teams in the conference, so Darvin Ham sat LeBron and Anthony Davis in preparations for the final three games of the season. Rui Hachimura had 30 points filling in for the injured stars and Jaxson Hayes dropped 19 and 10 off the bench but it wasn’t enough to take down the T’Wolves who got 31 points off 6/8 shooting from three by Naz Reid and another 26 and 8 assists from Anthony Edwards. The Lakers know to have any chance at a top 6 spot, they need to win out in their next four games, starting tonight.
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Warriors last game
The Warriors bounced back after a devastating two point loss to the Mavericks over the weekend with a comfortable win over the Utah Jazz. Golden State dropped 41 point in the first quarter to set the tone and never slowed down thanks to a 32 point performance from Klay Thompson in a game that Steph Curry sat to prepare for the final few games of the season. With Curry on the bench, Thompson got the start and thrived as the anchor of and offense that finished the game with 32 assists and out rebounded the Jazz 47-29. It was an easy win, but they know the next four games will be must wins if they are going to move out of their 10th spot in the West.
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We are live from the Crpyt
Hello everyone and welcome to LA where the Lakers are coming into tonight’s game hoping to rebound after a loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves in their last game. They are holding off the Warriors at the moment while eyeing an outside chance at a top 6 finish but know there is no room for error tonight against a Warriors team that have won seven of their last eight. Golden State need to avoid a situation in which they have to win two games on the road in the Play-In just to get to the playoffs, and they take a big step towards that here tonight.
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Warriors vs. Lakers
It’s a late season showdown that has the feel of a playoff game as two teams at the bottom of the postseason picture in the West battle it out to try to get the best position possible. Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors head to LA to take on LeBron James and the Lakers in a battle between the current 9 and 10 seeds. AS English will be with you all night providing live coverage, stats, highlights an analysis of tonight’s game from Crypto.com Arena.
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