Klay Thompson scored 27 factors and Stephen Curry added 23 because the sharp-shooting Golden State Warriors inched nearer to the host Los Angeles Lakers within the battle for play-in match seeding with a 134-120 victory on Tuesday.
Golden State made a season-high 26 3-pointers (on 41 makes an attempt), one made triple wanting the franchise file, and received the season sequence with three wins in 4 video games.
Curry was 6-for-6 from distance and Draymond Green went 5-for-7 because the Warriors delivered one of the best 3-point capturing share in a sport in NBA historical past (63.4 %) with a minimal of 40 long-range makes an attempt, per ESPN Stats & Info.
Andrew Wiggins scored 17 factors and Green added 15 to associate with 10 assists because the Warriors (44-35) received for the eighth time of their previous 9 video games.
LeBron James scored 33 factors and dished out 11 assists and Austin Reaves had 22 factors for the Lakers (45-35), who misplaced consecutive video games for simply the second time for the reason that begin of February. It was Los Angeles’ last house sport of the common season.
The Lakers have been taking part in with out Anthony Davis, who took a blow to the facet of the top in Sunday’s loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves and nonetheless was experiencing nausea with a headache on Tuesday.
Rui Hachimura provided 20 factors and 11 rebounds and D’Angelo Russell scored 14 factors for the Lakers, who had received 9 of 10 video games earlier than dropping the final two, each at house.
The ninth-seeded Lakers at the moment are only a half-game forward of the No. 10 Warriors. The No. 9 and 10 seeds face off within the play-in match, with that winner set to go up in opposition to the loser of the 7-8 sport for the ultimate Western Conference playoff spot.
After an environment friendly first quarter the place they went 7-for-10 from 3-point vary, the Warriors took a 38-29 lead. After making eight extra 3-pointers within the second quarter, the Warriors had a 71-60 lead at halftime.
The Warriors made 15 of their 22 makes an attempt from 3-point vary within the first half (68.2 %).
The Lakers have been inside 9 factors at 109-100 with 9:25 remaining within the sport earlier than the Warriors received a 3-pointer from Curry and a floater inside by Jonathan Kuminga for a 114-100 lead with 8:16 left, and the Lakers by no means threatened from there.
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