The Golden State Warriors will wrap up their short road trip with Saturday night\u2019s primetime matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers. Tip-off is set for 5:30 PM PT in Los Angeles and will be shown on ABC.<\/p>\n
Previously with the Warriors:<\/p>\n
Golden State is coming off one of its most emotional wins of the season after defeating the Phoenix Suns on Thursday night, 101\u201397. During a turbulent stretch for the Warriors which included Jimmy Butler\u2019s season-ending ACL tear and the added tension stemming from the NBA trade deadline, the team needed something to lift its energy \u2014 something they found in Phoenix.<\/p>\n
Playing without Stephen Curry \u2014 as well as Jonathan Kuminga, Buddy Hield, and Trayce Jackson-Davis following Wednesday\u2019s trades \u2014 the undermanned Warriors trailed by as much as 14 points in the fourth quarter. However, with just over nine minutes remaining in regulation, the team locked in defensively and closed the game on a dominant 22\u20135 run to complete the comeback and steal the win on the road.<\/p>\n
What to watch for tonight:<\/p>\n
Saturday\u2019s matchup will feature two teams missing their primary offensive engines. Curry remains sidelined with a lingering knee issue, while the Lakers will be without Luka Don\u010di\u0107, who has been ruled out with a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n
Without Curry, the Warriors have leaned heavily into volume shooting from beyond the arc. Golden State attempted 55 three-pointers against Phoenix and 48 in the game prior against the Philadelphia 76ers.<\/p>\n
The increased volume is by design as head coach Steve Kerr emphasized that with limited shot creation available, the Warriors must manufacture offense through space and pace. Expect that approach to continue against a Lakers defense that is allowing opponents to shoot 36.8 percent from beyond the arc this season \u2014 tied for the seventh-highest mark in the NBA.<\/p>\n
Enjoy the game Dub Nation. GO WARRIORS!!!<\/p>\n
Warriors: Brandin Podziemski, De\u2019Anthony Melton, Moses Moody, Gui Santos, Draymond Green<\/p>\n
Lakers: Austin Reaves, Marcus Smart, LeBron James, Jake LaRavia, Deandre Ayton<\/p>\n
How to watch Regular Season Game 53<\/p>\n
Who: Golden State Warriors (28 – 24) vs. Los Angeles Lakers (31 – 19)<\/p>\n
When: Saturday, February 7th, at 5:30 p.m. PT<\/p>\n
Where: Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, California<\/p>\n
TV: ABC (available on fuboTV)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Golden State Warriors will wrap up their short road trip with Saturday night\u2019s primetime matchup against the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":589203,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3786],"tags":[7,479,164,64551,4025,4024,6,255,4397],"class_list":["post-589202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golden-state-warriors","tag-basketball","tag-golden-state","tag-golden-state-warriors","tag-golden-state-warriors-discussion","tag-goldenstate","tag-goldenstatewarriors","tag-nba","tag-warriors","tag-warriors-schedule"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116031766168806594","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589202","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=589202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/589203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}