Going into halftime of the Warriors’ preseason game against the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night at T-Mobile Arena, Golden State looked gassed. The Warriors had just been outscored 34-21 in the second quarter to trail by 13 points at halftime in Las Vegas.
But the Warriors’ defense turned it up coming out of halftime, holding the Lakers to only 13 points in the third quarter and another lowly 13 points in the fourth for a 101-89 win. In the second half, the Warriors outscored the Lakers 51-26.
Steph Curry in 22 minutes scored 11 points on 3-of-9 shooting. Yaxel Lendeborg and Brandin Podziemski were the Warriors’ leading scorers, each scoring 17 points. Podz hits the middy for the tie pic.twitter.com/MsBgPh8fo6
— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) October 14, 2026 Neither cooked quite like Austin Reaves did.
The Lakers guard scored 28 points, with 23 coming in the first half, on 10-of-18 shooting and went 4 of 7 beyond the arc. Very few Warriors could contain him. None could early on.
That can be a bad theme for the Warriors in their attempt to reshape their defense under Frank...