OAKLAND, Calif. -- Steve Kerr has long known he has an All-Star cast. Golden State's backups gave him another glimpse Wednesday night.
When three of the Warriors' four headliners were down injured, the role players rallied together.
Kevin Durant scored 26 points and the injury-plagued Warriors pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 117-106 while missing Stephen Curry on his 30th birthday and their two other All-Stars.
"That's been making Golden State so great these last couple years," guard Quinn Cook, who scored 13 starting in Curry's place, said of the Warriors coming together.