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Los Angeles center JaVale McGee finished with
18 points, 17 rebounds, including five on the offensive end,
three blocks and three steals against his former team. Dwight
Howard added 15 points and eight boards for the Lakers, who won
for the ninth time in their last 10 games.
Kyle Kuzma scored 22 points while starting for Los Angeles in
place of Anthony Davis, who was rested since he is dealing with
shoulder and rib soreness.
D'Angelo Russell scored 21 points for Golden State, which has
lost five in a row. Russell had scored at least 30 points in
each of his previous four contests. Rookie Eric Paschall had 15
points for the Warriors.
Los Angeles got off to a sizzling start, using a 12-0 run for a
29-15 lead after a 3-pointer by Alex Caruso with 4:11 left in
the first quarter. The Lakers led 38-26 at the end of the
quarter, having hit 69.6 percent of their shots from the floor,
including 5 of 8 3-point attempts. James scored 11 points in the
first.
The Warriors managed 50 percent shooting in the quarter but
misfired on 5 of 6 3-point tries. Overall on the night, Los
Angeles hit 53.9 percent of its field-goal attempts to 40.4
percent for Golden State.
The Lakers dominated the glass, compiling a 51-33 rebounding
edge. They also topped 30 assists for the fourth consecutive
game, finishing with 31 compared to 29 for the Warriors.
After trailing by double digits for much of the first half, the
Warriors launched a brief rally in the second quarter, cutting
the deficit to seven before the Lakers seized a 67-55 edge at
the break.
In the third, the Lakers blew the game open.
Lakers reserve guard Rajon Rondo, who made his season debut
Tuesday against the Phoenix Suns after missing nine games with a
strained right calf, didn't play since the club did not want him
to appear in back-to-back contests yet.
Los Angeles guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope left the game in the
second half due to a left ankle injury.
--Field Level Media
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