Warriors game day: Will Golden State redeem loss to Lakers?
Will Golden State redeem loss to Lakers?
Steve Kerr, 3rd season with Warriors (152-26 with Warriors and overall); Luke Walton, 1st season with Lakers (8-7 with Lakers and overall)
Lakers: PG Jose Calderon (4.1 ppg, 1.4 apg), SG Nick Young (14.3 ppg, 2.7 rpg), SF Luol Deng (6.7 ppg, 5.4 rpg), PF Julius Randle (13.3 ppg, 8.1 rpg), C Timofey Mozgov (8.7 ppg, 4.7 rpg)
Lakers injury report: PG D’Angelo Russell (sore left knee) and C Ivica Zubac (right ankle sprain) are out.
The last time Golden State faced the Lakers, it was fresh off an emotional home win over Oklahoma City.
The Warriors shot 5-of-32 from three-point range as they fell, 117-97, in Los Angeles.
[...] three weeks removed from that lopsided defeat, Golden State is riding an eight-game winning streak.
A decisive victory Wednesday over the Lakers would help exorcise the memory of the Warriors’ dud at Staples.
Wednesday’s matchup pits two of the NBA’s three highest-scoring teams.
The Lakers have scored at least 120 points four times this season, more than the past two seasons combined (three).
Limiting a Golden State team averaging 117.1 points on 49.4-percent shooting will be a daunting task, of course.
Porous interior defense crippled Golden State in its Nov. 4 loss to Los Angeles.
Though the Lakers shot just 8-of-30 from beyond the arc, they scored 64 points in the paint.
During its undefeated four-game road trip, Golden State held its opponents to a combined 39.6 percent shooting at the rim.