With Stephen Curry again sidelined by a knee injury, the shorthanded Golden State Warriors were unable to handle the Lakers in Los Angeles on Saturday.
LOS ANGELES - Stephen Curry was sidelined again Saturday when the Golden State Warriors played the Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto.com Arena.
LeBron James was active and effective.
Curry watched his longtime rival post 20 points, seven rebounds and 10 assists as the shorthanded Warriors battled their way to a 105-99 defeat. Head coach Steve Kerr said pregame that Curry is doubtful with (right) runner's knee to play Monday against the Memphis Grizzlies - and that he could be out through the All-Star break, though he doesn't yet know.
Moses Moody led Golden State with 25 points and five 3-pointers. Gui Santos supplied 15 points and eight rebounds and Pat Spencer added 14 points and seven assists as the Warriors shot 14-for-51 from 3-point range.
Rui Hachimura had 18 points for the Lakers, who were without star guard Luka Doncic.
Lakers 105, Warriors 99
| FG | FT | Reb | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOLDEN STATE | Min | M-A | M-A | O-T | A | PF | PTS |
| Moody | 39:13 | 8-17 | 4-5 | 1-4 | 2 | 4 | 25 |
| Santos | 26:19 | 6-12 | 2-4 | 2-8 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| Green | 33:24 | 3-9 | 1-2 | 0-4 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
| Melton | 23:36 | 2-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Spencer | 28:09 | 6-12 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 7 | 3 | 14 |
| Podziemski | 33:29 | 6-15 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| Horford | 22:35 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Payton II | 18:15 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| Richard | 10:22 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Post | 4:38 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 240:00 | 39-92 | 7-11 | 10-37 | 25 | 25 | 99 |
Percentages: FG .424, FT .636.
3-Point Goals: 14-51, .275 (Moody 5-14, Spencer 2-5, Green 2-6, Podziemski 2-7, Payton II 1-2, Santos 1-4, Melton 1-6, Post 0-1, Richard 0-2, Horford 0-4).
Team Rebounds: 7. Team Turnovers: 1.
Blocked Shots: 3 (Horford 2, Moody).
Turnovers: 12 (Horford 3, Melton 3, Green 2, Payton II, Podziemski, Richard, Spencer).
Steals: 16 (Melton 5, Moody 3, Payton II 2, Podziemski 2, Green, Horford, Santos, Spencer).
Technical Fouls: Green, 12:00 third.
| FG | FT | Reb | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L.A. LAKERS | Min | M-A | M-A | O-T | A | PF | PTS |
| Hachimura | 28:22 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| L.James | 35:05 | 6-17 | 6-7 | 0-7 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| Hayes | 20:02 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| LaRavia | 27:28 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Smart | 32:32 | 3-7 | 8-9 | 0-3 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| Kleber | 27:58 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 2-7 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Kennard | 26:04 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| Reaves | 23:57 | 5-10 | 6-7 | 1-5 | 8 | 2 | 16 |
| Vanderbilt | 18:32 | 4-6 | 3-4 | 0-8 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| Totals | 240:00 | 35-69 | 24-30 | 5-41 | 29 | 14 | 105 |
Percentages: FG .507, FT .800.
3-Point Goals: 11-27, .407 (Hachimura 4-5, Vanderbilt 2-3, Kennard 2-4, L.James 2-7, Smart 1-2, Kleber 0-1, Reaves 0-2, LaRavia 0-3).
Team Rebounds: 12. Team Turnovers: 1.
Blocked Shots: 10 (LaRavia 2, Smart 2, Hachimura, Hayes, Kleber, L.James, Reaves, Vanderbilt).
Turnovers: 22 (L.James 7, Reaves 5, LaRavia 4, Kennard 2, Hachimura, Kleber, Smart, Vanderbilt).
Steals: 7 (Reaves 2, Vanderbilt 2, Hayes, Kennard, L.James).
Technical Fouls: None.
| Golden State | 21 | 21 | 29 | 28 | - | 99 |
| L.A. Lakers | 20 | 21 | 38 | 26 | - | 105 |
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The Warriors (28-25) turned to small-ball again with Curry sidelined for a third straight game, starting Spencer, Moody, De'Anthony Melton and Santos with Draymond Green. Their best offense was due to their defense forcing 13 turnovers that yielded 13 points for Golden State en route to a 42-41 halftime lead.
Short again on shot creation, the Warriors shot 37% and 5-for-27 from 3-point range in the opening two quarters. Swarming team defense limited the Lakers - and James to 2-for-8 shooting - to 35 first-half field-goal attempts. Moody made two first-half threes and Brandin Podziemski scored seven second-quarter points as Spencer made a jumper over James to beat the halftime buzzer.
James keyed a 12-2 run to open the second half for the Lakers with a 3-pointer and two conventional three-point plays through Spencer. Moody scored 10 third-quarter points but Golden State's steady defense stalled as it lost the third quarter 38-29.
Triples from Podziemski, Spencer and Green helped the Warriors pull within one, but Los Angeles (32-19) responded with a 9-0 run and protected its lead the rest of the quarter.
Austin Reaves added 16 points and eight assists for the Lakers.
This article originally published at Steph Curry can only watch as LeBron James, Lakers corral win in L.A..
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