STAPLES CENTER, LOS ANGELES, CA — This is a continuation of the halftime recap of the Golden State Warriors (4-1) at the Los Angeles Lakers (2-3).
The Lakers took a 65-49 lead into halftime.
We will post highlights first, then the recap…
3rd Quarter – Missed Threes And Gassed Legs
Kevin Durant got the Warriors off on the right foot with a dunk on a baseline inbound play…
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…but D’Angelo Russell answered with a layup.
Klay Thompson got swatted on a lefty drive by Nick Young, then made a head-scratching pass into the baseline about two yards off his mark, Stephen Curry, in the post.
Later, Russell dribbled upcourt, crossed over, and pulled up in front of Curry for three, then on another sequence, came down uncontested on the left side with bad communication from Golden State, and lofted a dunk to an angling Timofey Mozgov.
Mozgov then fouled Zaza Pachulia on the high post, but Pachulia picked up a technical jawing with the referee.
The Warriors made a mini-push as Draymond Green stole a sideline inbound to Julius Randle and got an uncontested two-hand dunk:
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Young then missed a corner triple and Durant ended the sequence with a two-handed dunk in transition.
The Warriors were back in business, down 73-58 with 8:41 remaining.
Russell struck again, going with a reverse layup as he cut past Klay and got a nice pass from Mozgov, but Durant was able to find Thompson on the dribble-and-kick and Klay, in one motion, hit the three from the right wing — finally!
Lakers head coach Luke Walton sensed the momentum shifting and called timeout as Golden State pulled to within 75-61 with 7:40 to play.
After another turnover as Thompson left a bounce pass for Pachulia that Zaza couldn’t handle, Steph got a steal on a bad pass by Luol Deng and Durant got an “and-one” on the fast break as Young reached in.
Deng was short on the next possession, Steph led the break, and went inside the paint then dished back out the Thompson from the right wing again for a trey.
Young missed on a pull-up over Klay, and Steph got the board and led the break again, finding KD for an alley-oop:
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Here’s the view of the same play from the arena:
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Golden State cut the Los Angeles lead to 75-68 with 5:51 to go as Walton called another timeout.
Later, Russell hit a clutch three over Thompson at the top for three more, Steph and Klay both missed threes, and Russell missed on the way back as Thompson was too gassed to run back.
Russell actually missed, but Young was there on the putback over Curry, who was too late getting back.
Kerr called timeout as the Lakers stretched back out to an 82-70 lead with 3:59 remaining.
Curry got another steal, although the running boxcore only had him for one, and he sent a two-handed touchdown pass to Green for the layup.
Steph got another steal and threw up a heave running away from the arc that had the right trajectory, fouled by Larry Nance, Jr., but it bounced off the backboard. The referee awarded him two shots.
But at the other end, Brandon Ingram’s fade-away miss was called a ticky-tack foul on Green.
Later, Lou Williams used a pick to get by Iguodala for a runner, and-one, to go back up 86-76 with 2:19 to play.
Durant answered with a three from the left wing and, after Ingram missed a triple, Looney got an impressive banker off an Ian Clark missed corner three.
But Williams went back to his runner again, this time getting a pick by Tarik Black on Iguodala for the runner and, after KD split a pair of free throws, the Lakers led by only seven, 89-82.
However, Williams drew three foul shots against Clark from the top, and Steph made a bad pass on the last play, Ingram stealing and getting a floater to drop.
That gave the Lakers a 93-82 lead heading into the final frame.
4th Quarter
Durant started the final frame with a nice charging call on Black. The Warriors got some momentum as Thompson stole the ball, but got it picked after crossing halfcourt, by Williams, and the uncontested layup with two Lakers flying wingman gave the Lakers at 95-82 lead with 10:00 remaining.
Later, Durant missed yet another free throw, going a surprisingly sub-par 5-for-8 for the game, and Williams drilled another triple as Kerr called his second timeout of the quarter with 8:01 to play, down 98-85.
The “Death Lineup” was put in and Green scored a layup past the reach of Timofey Mozgov, but Williams hit another three, then Randle scored and, on the next possession, swatted away a Draymond attack.
Curry scored three times, but Iguodala turned the ball over, and Nance soared again on a feed from Williams with almost no defense except for Durant nearby.
That was an emphatic nail in the coffin of the Warriors as the Lakers went up, 109-91, on that play and, to make matters worse, Steph missed his tenth three-point try of the game.
A TV timeout gave Kerr a chance to wave the white flag as he took out the starters and Iguodala, effectively ending Curry’s streak of 157 consecutive games with a triple.
The Lakers closed the game out with a 117-97 win, allowing all the fans at Staples free tacos for keeping Golden State under 100 points.
The Warriors shot just 5-for-32 from beyond the arc, got outrebounded 51-40, committed 20 turnovers and shot just 14-for-20 from the charity stripe.
Durant scored 27 points, but Curry tallied just 13 points to go along with 11 assists, and Klay, who shot just 2-for-10 from long range, scored just 10 points, plus committed 4 turnovers.
The Lakers had six players in double-figures, led by Randle with 20 points, 14 rebounds, and Williams with 20 points off bench on 7-for-14 shooting.
The Warriors (4-2) will have the day off tomorrow. Three nights from now they will play host to the Pelicans.
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