{"id":150276,"date":"2025-07-06T01:43:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T01:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/150276\/"},"modified":"2025-07-06T01:43:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T01:43:10","slug":"lakers-lose-california-classic-opener-as-bronny-james-sits-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/150276\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers lose California Classic opener as Bronny James sits out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SAN FRANCISCO\u00a0\u2014\u00a0The Lakers<\/a> dropped their first game of the California Classic at Chase Center to the Golden State Warriors 89-84 on Saturday<\/a> after leading by double digits in the first half.<\/p>\n

The Lakers struggled defensively in the second half, giving up 30 points in the third quarter, when they trailed for the first time.<\/p>\n

Bronny James<\/a> traveled with the team but did not suit up.<\/p>\n

Darius Bazley was the Lakers\u2019 only constant on defense, switching on the perimeter while contesting shots at the rim. Perimeter defense was a clear struggle for L.A., forcing late challenges by bigs leading to 25 free throws.<\/p>\n

Cole Swider was a bright spot all game for the Lakers, using his ability to shoot from deep to tally a game-high 24 points on seven-for-10 shooting, including, six of eight from three. Swider, entering his fifth year in the NBA, played seven games for the Lakers his rookie season.<\/p>\n

DJ Steward also stood out, dropping 20 points on seven-for-10 shooting. Steward\u2019s ability to get to the rim and draw fouls allowed for catch-and-shoot threes for teammates.<\/p>\n

The Lakers\u2019 first round draft pick last season, Dalton Knecht<\/a>, looked a bit rusty scoring only 10 points on three-for-13 shooting, missing all six shots from deep. Knecht is coming off a season for the Lakers where he averaged 9.1 points on 37% shooting in 78 games.<\/p>\n

The California Classic will continue tomorrow when the Lakers take on the Miami Heat. Tip off will be at 1:30 p.m. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN FRANCISCO\u00a0\u2014\u00a0The Lakers dropped their first game of the California Classic at Chase Center to the Golden State…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":150277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3786],"tags":[4007,7,1006,28722,1250,652,27780,5314,1727,479,164,4025,4024,300,1651,6,65,15168,2709,28723,4247,255],"class_list":{"0":"post-150276","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golden-state-warriors","8":"tag-ability","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-bronny-james","11":"tag-california-classic-opener","12":"tag-dalton-knecht","13":"tag-defense","14":"tag-dj-steward","15":"tag-first-game","16":"tag-free-throw","17":"tag-golden-state","18":"tag-golden-state-warriors","19":"tag-goldenstate","20":"tag-goldenstatewarriors","21":"tag-lakers","22":"tag-los-angeles-times","23":"tag-nba","24":"tag-point","25":"tag-rim","26":"tag-rookie-season","27":"tag-seven-for-10-shooting","28":"tag-shot","29":"tag-warriors"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114803757076844810","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}