What we learned as Moses Moody shines in Warriors’ hard-fought loss to Lakers

In a matchup the league could not have visualized when assembling this season’s NBA schedule, the Warriors on Saturday went into Los Angeles without Stephen Curry to play the Lakers without Luka Doni.There is, however, LeBron James. He’s still in LA, and his leadership and production combined to send Golden State to a 105-99 loss at Crypto.com Arena.Five Warriors scored in double figures, with Moses Moody ringing up a team-high 25 points. Gui Santos totaled 15, Brandin Podziemski and Pat Spencer had 14 each, with Gary Payton II dropping 13. Stay hot, Moses pic.twitter.com/urtGjJypvU — Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) February 8, 2026 James, who turned 41 in December, was the catalyst as LA outscored Golden State 38-29 in the third quarter, with 12 points and three assists in eight minutes. He played a team-high 35 minutes, finishing with 20 points, a game-high 10 assists and seven rebounds.The Warriors (28-25) spent the fourth quarter playing from behind and never caught up.Curry sat out with a right knee soreness, and Doni is sidelined with a strained left hamstring.Here are three observations from Golden State’s a...