Warriors pound Lakers 127-100 in Western Conference semis

The Golden State Warriors have evened their best out of seven Western Conference semifinal series with the Los Angeles Lakers. On Thursday, the Warriors clobbered the Lakers 127-100 at the Chase Center in San Francisco, California.

This was the second straight night where there was only a single game on the schedule. Like Wednesday where we saw the Boston Celtics hammer the Philadelphia 76ers 121-87, Golden State’s win was not close either.

There is no doubt that this was a critical game for Golden State. They lost the first game of the series to the Lakers 117-112, and did not want to travel to the southern part of California down two games to none.

Klay Thompson of Los Angeles, California led the Warriors offensive attack with 30 points. Meanwhile Stephen Curry of Akron, Ohio and center Draymond Green of Saginaw, Michigan each had double-doubles. Curry had 20 points and 12 assists, and Green had 11 points and 11 rebounds.

Three more Warriors reached double digits in scoring. JaMychal Green of Montgomery, Alabama had 15 points. Andrew Wiggins of Toronto, Ontario, Canada had 11 points, and Moses Moody of Little Rock, Arkansas had 10 points.

The Warriors meanwhile were actually outscored by the Lakers 33-26 in the first quarter. However in the two middle stanzas, Golden State was completely dominant. They outscored Los Angeles 41-23 to take a 67-59 lead into halftime, and then outscored the Lakers 43-24 in the third quarter. Golden State’s lead heading into the fourth quarter was 110-80.

Game three will take place on Saturday night. The Lakers now have crypto.com Arena to themselves as the Clippers were eliminated by the Suns in the first round of the NBA Playoffs, and the Los Angeles Kings were beaten in six games by the Edmonton Oilers in the first round of the National Hockey League Stanley Cup Playoffs.

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