Facing the LA Lakers in an important match for the Playoffs race, the Golden State Warriors “gifted” their opponent with an elite 3-point shooting performance.

Meeting in the NBA series on the morning of April 10, Los Angeles Lakers (9th place, record 45-34) and Golden State Warriors (10th place, record 43-35) are both very eager to win.

Warriors want to defeat the Lakers to raise their hopes of climbing to 9th place or higher, 8th place in the rankings, two favorable positions in the Play-in group. The Lakers want to win so they can climb to 8th place and beyond towards the top 6 in the West.

LeBron James and Stephen Curry face off in a very important match for both of them in the last week of Regular Season

But on a disastrоus day for those who love the yellow and purple team, everything did not go as planned.

The Los Angeles Lakers started with Anthony Davis, an important pillar in both defense and аttаck, unable to play due to ιnjury. 

LeBron James, with the team lacking personnel, had to play with an unstable condition. However, James’ efforts became meaningless when the Golden State Warriors had a long-range performance that went down in club history. 

Anthony Davis’s absence led to LeBron James trying to play to improve the Los Angeles Lakers’ chances of winning. Unfortunately, this effort of his became meaningless on a day when the Warriors threw too well from distance

The Golden State Warriors seem to have turned the Los Angeles Lakers’ Crypto.com Arena into a shooting practice field. The whole team had a total of 26 3-pointers in the basket, achieving a “huge” success rate of 63.4% (26-41 3PT). 

This is the game with the second most successful 3-pointers in Golden State Warriors history. Stephen Curry and his teammates are one long shot short of reaching the basket to equal the record of 27 3-pointers set exactly 1 year ago.

With this terrible long-range performance, Golden State defeated the Los Angeles Lakers on away field with a score of 134-120.

Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors Һit 26 3-pointers against the Los Angeles Lakers

On a day where many Warriors players played, Stephen Curry led the team with 6 3-pointers in a “no-miss” style, reaching 6-6 3PT with 23 points and 8 assists.  

Also possessing a 100% rate is young defender Brandin Podziemski with 3-3 3PT and 5-6 FG. Gary Payton II, Klay Thompson and Andrew Wiggins contributed another 10 3-pointers (10-18 3PT). 

Even Draymond Green, who does not have a stable 3-point shooter, pocketed 5-7 3PT this match, leaving the field with 15 points along with 10 assists and 6 rebounds.

Video: Draymond Green’s 5 consecutive 3-pointers were probably something the Los Angeles Lakers defense could not have predicted in advance

On the other side, LeBron James did everything he could with 33 points (14-22 FG), 11 assists, 7 rebounds and 2 steals. Austin Reaves (22 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists) and Rui Hachimura (20 points, 11 rebounds, 2 blocks) also played well.

However, the hole left by Anthony Davis is still too big for the Lakers to fill, especially on defense. The Los Angeles team forced the Warriors into 15 turnovers but left too much space outside the 3-point range.

Another factor is that Golden State’s players are also very skilled, especially Draymond Green with 5-5 3PT from the first half of the match.

Review the main developments of the match Los Angeles Lakers welcomed Golden State Warriors on April 10, 2024

This defeat causes the Los Angeles Lakers to suffer a single or double loss in terms of position on the rankings. They missed the opportunity to climb to 8th place on the day their direct competitor Sacramento Kings failed, remaining stagnant in 9th place.

Not only that, the Lakers also let the Golden State Warriors get close and are likely to fall to 10th place at the end of the Regular Season. The Warriors currently have the same number of losses as the Lakers and are only 1 win behind.

In addition, LeBron James and his teammates also lost their advantage against Golden State (won 1, lost 3). This means that if two teams have the same win-loss record, the Lakers will have to rank below the Warriors.

Updated NBA Western rankings as of the end of the series on April 10