The season’s series is currently tied 1-1 between the lakers and the Warriors after Los Angeles swept each of the last two season series with Golden
State 4-0. This will be the 284thregular season meeting between the two teams with lakers leading theall-time series 177-106. The lakers have not lost a season series toWarriors since they were defeated 2-3 over five games during the1994-1995 season. The lakers are 14-2 in their last 16 overall gamesagainst Golden State after having a 9-game winning streak againstGolden State snapped 12/14 at Oracle Arena. At staples Center, theLakers are 16-1 all-time against the Warriors and have won ninestraight at home. On the road ,the Lakers have gone 7-3 against theWarriors in their last 10 and have won four of their last five atoracle Arena.
Underhead coach Phil Jackson , the lakers are 24-6 against the Warriors.In42 career games including 33 starts against the Warriors，KobeBryant is averating 26.4 points. Lamar Odom posted his firsttriple-double as a Laker with 15 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assistsagainst the Warriors on April 11,2006.In the Lakers first meeting withGolden State this season on December9, Andrew Bynum recorded his 10thdouble-double of the season with a 20 points, 11 rebounds and fiveblocked shots in just 28 minutes as Los Angeles defeated Golden State123-113. Lakers guard Derek Fisher played two seasons for Golden
State, where he averaged a career-best 13.3 points during the 2005-06 season. Golden
State’s Matt Barnes and Baron Davis along with the lakers Jordan Farmar and Trevor Ariza all played collegiately at UCLA.
Leadingthroughout the game, by as many as 13 and by eight with 3:29 to play,the Lakers were outscored 14-4 the rest of the way with Warriors takingtheir largest lead of the night ,four points.on Baron Davis’ 3-pointfield goal with only 16.8 seconds remaining as the Lakers fell 106-108to Golden State in front of the largest crowd to ever watch aprofessional basketball game in California history at Oracle Arena.Kobe Bryant, who suffered a strained groin during the contest, led fivelakers in double-figures with 21points, six rebounds and a team-highfive assists but struggled late with the injury, finishing just 6-of-23from the field.Andew Bynum (17 points, career-high tying 16 rebounds)and Lamar Odom (18 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists) each posteddouble-doubles while Derek Fisher (16 points) and Jordan Farmar (10points) rounded out the double-figure scorers for the Lakers. BaronDavis and Al Harrington led five Warriors in double-figures with 22points apiece, Stephen Jackson added 20 points, Monta Ellis scored 19points and handed out a game-high trying six assists (Davis) while Andris Biedrins posted a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds in the win. With the victory, Golden
State snapped a nine game losing streak to the Lakers and won for just the second time in 16 games against Las Angeles.
