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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Warriors | 32 | 21 | 30 | 38 | 121 |
 Lakers | 34 | 25 | 26 | 29 | 114 |
GSWTeam statsLAL| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GSW | 41-9344.1% | 14-3935.9% | 25-3083.3% | 50 | 30 | 17 |
| LAL | 45-9547.4% | 15-4235.7% | 9-1947.4% | 45 | 21 | 17 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Golden State Warriors121| 36 | 21 | 5-21 | 2-8 | 9-9 | 0 | +4 | +0.8 | |||||||
| 30 | 6 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0 | −2 | −4.1 | |||||||
| 26 | 12 | 5-10 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | −5 | −1.3 | |||||||
| 25 | 20 | 8-18 | 4-11 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −0.3 | ||||||
| 15 | 7 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | −8 | +2.2 | |||||||
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| 29 | 15 | 4-10 | 1-5 | 0 | 6-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −1.6 | ||||
| 26 | 15 | 6-7 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0 | +20 | +8.6 | |||||||
| 23 | 12 | 4-7 | 2-5 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +8 | +2.2 | |||||
| 12 | 6 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −0.1 | |||||
| 12 | 5 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −1.4 | |||||
| 6 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.9 | |
| Team | 121 | 41-9344.1% | 14-3935.9% | 50 | 30 | 17 | 18 | 25-3083.3% | 9 | 9 | 2 | |||
Bench 55 points on 18 for 34 shooting
Los Angeles Lakers114| 39 | 33 | 15-26 | 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 2-7 | −2 | +9.6 | ||||||
| 37 | 34 | 13-23 | 5-11 | 3-6 | −2 | +8.0 | ||||||||
| 35 | 8 | 4-13 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −23 | −11.5 | ||||||
| 31 | 8 | 3-9 | 2-8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +10 | −7.5 | |||||
| 13 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −0.6 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 9 | 3-9 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −4.1 | |||||
| 20 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −3.1 | |||||
| 19 | 6 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | +0.1 | ||||||
| 13 | 5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −2.3 | ||||
| 8 | 6 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +1.4 | ||||||
| Team | 114 | 45-9547.4% | 15-4235.7% | 45 | 21 | 17 | 25 | 9-1947.4% | 5 | 7 | 4 | |||
Bench 29 points on 9 for 23 shooting
Did not play: Sekou Doumbouya and Austin Reaves (coach’s decision).
Warriors121Lakers114ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Nemanja Bjelica had 15 points and 11 rebounds, and the Golden State Warriors went on a 9-0 run in the fourth quarter to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 121-114 on opening night at STAPLES Center.
The Lakers led 90-89 when Jordan Poole’s driving layup put the Warriors ahead for good with 9:17 left. They took a 98-90 lead with 8:14 left and led by as many as 12.
The Lakers got within 103-101 on Avery Bradley’s corner 3-pointer with 5:05 to play, but Bjelica answered with a 3-pointer, and the Lakers got no closer.
Stephen Curry had 21 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists and 3 steals but shot 5 for 21, his first triple-double of the season, and Poole added 20 points.
For the Lakers, LeBron James had 34 points and 11 rebounds, and Anthony Davis added 33 points (20 in the paint) and 11 rebounds. The Lakers had 2 30-point scorers.
The Warriors went 25 for 30 at the line to the Lakers’ 9 for 19 and outscored them 55-29 off the bench. The Lakers were outscored 18-5 in 4 minutes with Anthony, Rondo, Westbrook, Davis and Monk on the floor together.
Golden State WarriorsLos Angeles LakersPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Warriors’ chance bottomed out at 15% (3rd quarter, 1:24 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
96 points from the field on 93 shots: 7.5 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 21-35 | 60.0% | 65% |
| In the paint | 2-10 | 20.0% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 4-9 | 44.4% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 4-13 | 30.8% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-26 | 38.5% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent Bazemore | 43 | 7 | 3-12 | −12 |
| Russell Westbrook | 14 | 0 | 0-1 | −6 |
| Rajon Rondo | 11 | 3 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Anthony Davis | 8 | 0 | 0-4 | −4 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 13 | 3-8 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 94 possessions. He usually scores about 42 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Westbrook | 18 | 5 | 2-5 | 0 |
| Malik Monk | 10 | 4 | 2-3 | +1 |
| Kent Bazemore | 7 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Rajon Rondo | 5 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 11 | 4-7 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 57 possessions. He usually scores about 17 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Davis | 15 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Carmelo Anthony | 10 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| LeBron James | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Kent Bazemore | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 15 | 7-8 | +11 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 55 possessions. He usually scores about 12 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
LAL win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Bjelica 26' 3PT Jump Shot (13 PTS) (Green 6 AST)
Q4 4:53
19.2%
43→24
Bradley 25' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Westbrook 3 AST)
Q4 5:05
17.5%
26→43
Poole 2' Driving Layup (18 PTS)
Q4 9:17
13.2%
56→43
Poole 26' 3PT Running Jump Shot (16 PTS) (Iguodala 2 AST)
Q4 11:23
13.1%
58→45
James 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (28 PTS)
Q4 9:37
11.8%
43→55
