Lakers vs. Warriors Final Score: Defending champions blow past Lakers 116-98

Curry later said he got stuck between looking for a shot and finding the open man on the final possession, which sealed the deal and opened up the time window for Gallinari to make the defensive stop.

Kobe is now 37 and rapidly approaching the end of his career, but he created enough memories during his 20-year career to last fans a lifetime. The Lakers’ star spent the better part of two decades abusing the Warriors while maintaining a certain aloofness, as if he couldn’t be bothered to get too worked up about how thoroughly he dominated them.

Although Stephen Curry made 38 points with 9 assists and 5 rebounds, the last of his eight turnovers would have been the game winning shot.

Denver Nuggets guard Jameer Nelson, left picks up a loose ball as Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016, in Denver.

Green sat down at his locker after he was showered and fresh, next to a shiny pair of sneakers with Bryant’s signature on the right shoe, enumerated number 24, and on the left a few words of sage wisdom about greatness. The Warriors defeated the Lakers twice this season by an average of 27.5 points and have won the past six home meetings in the series.2.

It wasn’t until the third quarter that the game finally had some separation, with Curry knocking in 11 and going 3-for-6 from the arc, while also notching two rebounds and two assists.

“I still wish he would lay all those up”, interim coach Luke Walton said of the dunk.

But with Bryant already making history, he met beforehand with West, Warriors general manager Bob Myers and Warriors co-owners Joe Lacob and Peter Guber. “He’s been a great champion and an ambassador to this game, so it’s not out of the realm that he would be leading in the All-Star votes”, Lakers teammate Roy Hibbert said as quoted by the news outlet.

“It’s hard for me to say, “OK, I’m going to shut it down for two weeks, ‘” he said, pledging to keep measuring the pain in his Achilles” and acknowledging that, sure, he might one day sideline himself for a bit. Golden State overcame a slow start to win its fourth in a row against Los Angeles and seventh straight in the series at home.

So far this season, the only three teams to best the Warriors were the Milwaukee Bucks on December 12, the Dallas Mavericks on December 30 and now the Denver Nuggets.

Warriors: Green (rest, right ankle soreness) was listed as questionable before being cleared to play.

One of Bryant’s regrets is that he hasn’t had many opportunities to play against the current Warriors. He also received a five-liter bottle from Amuse Bouche winery featuring a special label with his jersey. Golden State closed out that period with a 13-2 run. Although the initial plan was to rest Green for that one, as well, it would not be a shock to see him suit up.

Freshly off of the disabled list, Harrison Barnes was one of the main point-producers behind Curry.