Five Observations from the LAL vs. GSW game
By Mike Garcia
Tonight’s game was a rough loss for the Lakers. They gave up high percentage shooting to the Golden State Warriors. They shot poorly from the field. They were even worse behind the arc. Defending triple threat players is tough, and Golden State has two of those guys in Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry.
It’s even more difficult when both guys are hot from the field.
The Lakers lost 105-120.
Just how bad was it?
Late in the fourth quarter, the bench for the Golden State Warriors was the “Subway Sub of the game.” The scored 46 points on 15 of 34 field goals. Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry combined for 15 of 22 from the field, for a total of 45 points. Klay Thompson played 25 minutes. Stephen Curry played 28 minutes.
If there were any silver linings for the Lakers, it was Jeremy Lin coming out with a 4 of 4 shooting game, finishing with 14 points. He hit the Lakers only 3-point field goal attempt, and hit 5 of 6 from the free throw line in under 22 minutes of play.
Julius Randle contributed an additional 12 points in 18 minutes of play.
However, there are a few key observations for the Lakers to watch out for.