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Golden State Warriors at Los Angeles Lakers

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45-31, 22-17 Away
Final
123 - 116

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

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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 Los Angeles Lakers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Adou Thiero, F Day-To-Day Nov 14
Collin Sexton, G Day-To-Day Nov 14
Austin Reaves, G Out Nov 14
Golden State Warriors Golden State Warriors Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Stephen Curry, G Out Nov 12
Brandon Williams, G Out Nov 10
Kristaps Porzingis, C Out Nov 6
Moses Moody, G Out Oct 16
Jimmy Butler III, F Out Oct 16

Game Information

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Location: Los Angeles, CA
Attendance: 18,997 · Capacity:

2026-27 Pacific Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
LA Lakers 11 2 .846 - W7
Golden State 8 5 .615 3 L2
Phoenix 5 6 .455 5 W2
LA Clippers 3 8 .273 7 W1
Sacramento 1 11 .083 9.5 L5
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