The Los Angeles Lakers had a week off due to the annual NBA All-Star break, but they returned to action on Thursday night when they flew to play the Golden State Warriors.

Although the competition between LeBron James and Stephen Curry is something to be treasured, James’ ankle ailment prevented him from playing this time. The Lakers were unable to hold off Curry and the Warriors, and as a result, suffered a 128-110 loss.Anthony Davis typically succeeds while facing the smaller Warriors, as demonstrated by his putback basket that started the game. But Stephen Curry’s two triples gave Golden State an early advantage.

The Lakers had a dismal start, save for Davis. But after deep shots from Austin Reaves and Rui Hachimura tied the game at 14, they quickly gained momentum.Following that, the superstars took over, with Curry and Davis scoring baskets for their sides whenever they pleased. In the end, the Warriors had a 31-28 advantage at the half.In particular, Max Christie and Jaxson Hayes displayed outstanding two-way play to assist L.A.’s bench in regaining the lead early in the second quarter. It might be argued that the Warriors’ backup centre Trayce Jackson-Davis had the same impact, despite the fact that he did a terrific job of keeping it close for his team.

The Warriors took the lead again as Curry made a string of consecutive 3-pointers. After Andrew Wiggins’ putback at the buzzer, the Lakers were behind 67-56 heading into the halftime locker room.To give Davis more mobility after the break, Darvin Ham moved Davis for Jonathan Kuminga, but it made little difference as the Warriors kept dominating from deep. Curry’s two consecutive circus layups and three more baskets put Golden State ahead by fifteen points.

The Lakers managed to trim the margin to nine points with Davis still trying to chip in. However, however was just short-lived as Kuminga scored another game-winning basket to put the Warriors ahead 98–82 going into the fourth quarter. It was hardly much help that Kuminga received.The Lakers appeared reinvigorated after Christie and D’Angelo Russell scored back-to-back triples to begin the fourth quarter. However, the Warriors came through swiftly again, with Wiggins scoring seven straight points.

The game was virtually lost at that moment since the Lakers were unable to generate enough stops to mount a significant comeback.