The Lakers’ roller coaster of a season, and the emotions that come with it, continued Saturday night.
The Lakers’ roller coaster of a season, and the emotions that come with it, continued in their 128-121 home loss to the Golden State Warriors Saturday at Crypto.com Arena.
There were the highs of LeBron James scoring a season-high-tying 40 points to keep the Lakers in the game.
But there were the lows of Anthony Davis leaving the game early because of an eye contusion, with Davis being limited to 12 first-quarter minutes after getting hit in the left eye by Trayce Jackson-Davis on a layup.
And then there was the weirdness of the final two minutes – which took nearly 22 minutes of real-time to finish because of reviews and malfunctioning shot clocks.
Davis’ exit from Saturday’s game was immediately felt.
Golden State, led by Stephen Curry (31 points, six rebounds and five assists), Jonathan Kuminga (23 points, four assists) and Klay Thompson (26 points off the bench), got into the paint with ease once Davis was no longer on the floor.
