Golden State Warriors at Los Angeles Lakers

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Golden State Warriors

45-31, 22-17 Away

Final
123 - 116

Los Angeles Lakers

46-30, 29-10 Home

Curry scores 37 points and Warriors beat Lakers 123-116 in a potential first-round playoff preview

Golden State Warriors vs. Los Angeles Lakers: Game Highlights

Podziemski had a career-high eight 3-pointers on a night when Curry was 4 of 11 from long range. Curry was coming off a 52-point effort, including 12 3-pointers, at Memphis on Tuesday.

LeBron James had 33 points and nine assists to lead the Lakers. Austin Reaves added 31 points, including nine 3-pointers, Rui Hachimura had 24 points and Luke Doncic had 19 points, missing all six of his 3-point attempts.

Doncic's basket got the Lakers to 105-99 in the closing minutes. Curry and Podziemski hit back-to-back 3-pointers and James and Reaves answered with ones of their own, leaving the Lakers down by seven.

James and Curry traded scoring runs in the third, when the Lakers closed within eight after trailing by 16 in the second quarter. James had 12 of 14 points for his team early on. Curry ran off 13 in a row and then made three free throws to send the Warriors into the fourth leading 88-77.

Jonathan Kuminga added 18 points and nine rebounds off the bench for Golden State, which beat the Lakers for the first time in four games this season. The Warriors’ last win in LA came a year ago.

Takeaways Warriors: They closed a six-game trip — tied for longest of the season — with a 4-2 mark. They remain in a tight battle to hold onto a top-six seed and avoid the play-in tournament with six games left.

Lakers: James went over 11,000 points as a Laker on a 3-pointer in the second quarter, becoming the 10th player in franchise history to do so.

Key moment Reaves made a 3-pointer coming out of a timeout to leave the Lakers trailing 121-116 in the closing seconds. But Doncic fouled Curry, who made both.

Key stat The Warriors won without needing Jimmy Butler, who had 11 points on 4-of-7 shooting. He'd been averaging 17.3 and had 27 against Memphis.

Up next Both teams complete back-to-backs on Saturday. The Warriors host Denver and the Lakers host New Orleans.

Regular Season Series

LAL win series 3-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0	End of Game	123 - 116
4th 0.0	End of the 4th Quarter	123 - 116
4th 8.2	Jonathan Kuminga defensive rebound	123 - 116
4th 10.1	Austin Reaves misses 35-foot three point jumper	123 - 116
4th 15.0	Lakers Full timeout	123 - 116

Statistics

GS		LAL
39-82	FG	39-86
48	Field Goal %	45
19-42	3PT	18-47
45	Three Point %	38
26-31	FT	20-23
84	Free Throw %	87
46	Rebounds	39
14	Offensive Rebounds	14
32	Defensive Rebounds	25
30	Assists	23
5	Steals	5
2	Blocks	3
13	Turnovers	8
0	Team Turnovers	2
13	Total Turnovers	10
0	Technical Fouls	1
0	Total Technical Fouls	1
0	Flagrant Fouls	0
8	Points Conceded Off Turnovers	16
8	Fast Break Points	13
36	Points in Paint	34
21	Fouls	23
16	Largest Lead	5

Los Angeles Lakers Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Cameron Carr, G	Day-To-Day	Oct 15
Collin Sexton, G	Day-To-Day	Oct 15
Ziaire Williams, F	Day-To-Day	Oct 15
Adou Thiero, F	Day-To-Day	Oct 15
Luka Doncic, G	Day-To-Day	Oct 13