WATCH: Klay Thompson Drops 22 First-Quarter Points on the Lakers

It’s just playing through an injury that’s there. To make matters worse for the Lakers’ offense, they may be without Kobe Bryant (shoulder) and D’Angelo Russell (throat) for this game. Interim Warriors coach, Luke Walton, stated following the win against Charlotte that he “didn’t even think Steph was going to play”.

How does he keep his sanity?

The Warriors won their second game in as many nights, earning a 109-88 road victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday. “We were contesting and (Lakers forward Anthony Brown) was playing really good defense”. “Minutes were cut short, which was better for everyone, and we kind of got in the flow in some of our rotations again”.

Lou Williams missed all seven of his shot attempts, struggling from the field but did convert all 10 of his free-throw attempts. Klay Thompsonwas in a zone in that game, scoring 22 first-quarter points en route to a 36-point night.

“It’s a magnet”, Curry said of his shin. Ryan Kelly and Tarik Black played the final 7.5 minutes of the game, both finishing at +7.

Bryant’s injury is scary because it’s the same shoulder in which he tore his rotator cuff while dunking a year ago this month in New Orleans.

Strong Start: The Lakers finally started a game strong against the Phoenix Suns and they ended up leading by 38 points at one juncture of the game.

“I didn’t feel any pain at all”, he said.

Boston Celtics got back to winning ways with a 103-94 win over Brooklyn Nets thanks to Jae Crowder’s career-best 25 points. In the long run, it’s not something that I’ll have to worry about.

“And he should be”, Scott said. He re-entered with 8:04 to go in the game knowing he needed just the one dish and made several passes to try and get it, but the shots from various teammates simply wouldn’t fall.

Derrick Rose returned to the Bulls after missing three straight games with a sore right hamstring.

Thompson scored 30 points in back-to-back games for the first time this season.

Their poor shooting was of no help. “That’s just not us”. “He said he felt good out there and they cleared him”. “It was just one of those nights”. But Thompson coming out firing with 22 points in the first against the Lakers was a sight to see.

“It was a combination of Klay Thompson… and Klay Thompson”, he said. Barnes is also a key contributor in the winning machine that is the Golden State Warriors. “Whether it’s preseason, regular season, he likes this building”.

In another key result, Kyrie Irving led Cleveland to a comfortable home win against Toronto in a clash of Eastern Conference divisional leaders. “But I’ve played with a guy like that”. But he doesn’t need the ball to score.

Three-Point Defense: The Warriors can get extremely hot from beyond the arc extremely fast. An opponent making 13 of 30 3-pointers will ruin anyone’s day.

Golden State Warriors forward Jason Thompson dunks against the Los Angeles Lakers during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016.