SAN FRANCISCO — Stephen Curry opened the season with 33 factors, seven assists and 6 rebounds, and the Golden State Warriors beat LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers 123-109 on Tuesday evening after receiving their championship rings in a pregame ceremony.
Jordan Poole made a reasonably bounce go to a driving Draymond Inexperienced for a layup and all appeared completely properly with the defending champions nearly two weeks after Inexperienced punched Poole at observe Oct. 5, then took a short depart of absence from the workforce to work on his feelings. Poole wound up with 12 factors and 7 assists.
James had 31 factors, 14 rebounds and eight assists, whereas Russell Westbrook scored 19 factors and grabbed 11 rebounds after nursing a sore left hamstring. Anthony Davis added 27 factors, however the Lakers couldn’t sustain in one other signature, runaway third quarter by reigning NBA Finals MVP Curry and Co.
Klay Thompson contributed 18 factors in 20 minutes for the Warriors, who celebrated the franchise’s fourth title in eight years.
Golden State coach Steve Kerr restricted the minutes of each Thompson and Inexperienced, who was away from the workforce till final Thursday. Kerr stated he’ll improve Thompson’s minutes every sport as a precaution following his return in January from an absence of greater than 2 1/2 years for surgical procedures to his left knee and proper Achilles tendon.
Warriors heart James Wiseman made his first look since his rookie season of 2019-20 after sitting out all of final season recovering from proper knee surgical procedure. He had eight factors and 7 rebounds.
