Young’s late 3-pointer pushes Lakers past Thunder, 111-109

We were very bad and they were terrible. “The people who bought tickets should get their money back, honestly”. “I’m not trying to make a joke it was a terrible basketball game”.

Golden State had 26 assists on 29 baskets prior to the half, as in tune as the Warriors have been since adding Durant during the offseason. “We have to figure out a way to step up on the offensive end and figure things out defensively”.

The Lakers’ starting lineup appears unclear besides Young (shooting guard), Jose Calderon (point guard) and Timofey Mozgov (point guard).

Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors have been involved in two head-to-head clashes this season, and both the teams have won one each. “I don’t think we see them for a little while, so (we can) get that game out of our head and get our swag back”. And this time, the Lakers were down another starter.

With a tough stretch of games ahead, the Los Angeles Lakers will be without starting point guard D’Angelo Russell. Russell did not also travel with the team as he is supposed to miss the next couple of weeks after receiving a PRP injection in his left knee. The Dubs return home tomorrow night to take on the Timberwolves.

Nonetheless, Russell insisted late Tuesday night, “It’s not that big of a deal, I’m all right”.

“The timing worked out well”, Kerr said. Adams didn’t have a rebound until the third quarter. Steph Curry gave the Warriors the lead hitting and open three-pointer.

The Warriors’ franchise-record 47 assists – on 53 baskets – are the most in the National Basketball Association this season and topped their previous best passing night more than 35 years ago. Russell is the team’s second-leading scorer at 16.1 points per game. They outshot the Lakers 47.7 percent to 35.6 percent.

The Warriors led for the remainder of the game, with the Lakers in the second half getting no closer than 11. The Golden State Warriors are averaging 119.2 points on 50.2 percent shooting and allowing 106.7 points on 43.7 percent shooting. The shot was Young’s first ever go-ahead field goal in the final 5 seconds of a game after previously missing 6 prior attempts, according to ESPN.

“I know he played through it (against Chicago); I don’t remember the day or for how long, but he was playing through it for a while there and playing good”. However, it’s safe to say that the Lakers are approaching a wait-and-watch policy with Russell since they have ruled out the possibility of surgery. This caused him to miss out on two of the Lakers’ last three games. “Obviously, the more time he misses the more serious it seems to be, but I’m not going to try to guess or make a judgment on that”, Walton said.

The Lakers, though, are the only team to hold Golden State under 100 points this season.