On Thursday, the Warriors host the Lakers — two teams who are battling to avoid the play-in and for playoff seeding position. The Warriors lost a 145-144 double overtime heartbreaker to the Lakers in their first matchup this season in January in SF. LeBron James racked up a triple-double while Steph Curry led all scorers with 46 points. Head to head regular-season victories will be important to both teams and the Warriors will look to tie up the series, which has two more games in LA following this one.
Last October, Coach Steve Kerr said the Lakers exposed the Warriors in the 2023 playoffs:
“The Lakers exposed us,” Kerr said.