They did not win any preseason games and they did not count, they were friendly, but the season has started and there is no debut on the right foot either. The Lakers are left to zero after a first game, at the Staples Center, with which they cannot be satisfied. They fell 114-121 to Warriors who kept them perfectly at bay for more than half a game and who beat them in a final without ideas and with too much loneliness around LeBron James and Anthony Davis, who added 67 points between them.
The new Lakers, led by a Russell Westbrook past laps (4/13 shooting, four losses, -23, one technique), collided with what at times seemed like scraps of the old Warriors, those of the three championships and the five end. And without Klay Thompson and James Wiseman, not yet available. The secondary ones left so that not a sidereal Curry was necessary, knowing how to harm the Angelenos in the various points where they were failing. A collective effort brings San Francisco the first victory of the year.
No one could be denied the show. These two teams had starred a few months before in a play-in very attractive and something similar was expected, for which the players got down to work and managed to please. Many points, a lot of success, the public rowing in favor, quality plays … But a team as veteran as the Lakers, who have aged the squad to gain an experience that is noticeable on the court in important games, should not let live players he can kill, figuratively speaking, and there are two examples of this match: Juan Toscano-Anderson came in between cold and frozen, with three or four major errors, and was gaining confidence as they left him; Jordan Poole, a more accused case, started as a starter and without hitting a single one and ended up being totally decisive to overcome the disadvantage and close the game ahead. Giving opportunities to such a well-crafted painting will not even go around the corner.