Game Information
Golden State Warriors (25-6) vs. Los Angeles Lakers (11-18)
How to watch
Date: Friday December 22, 2017
Time: 7:30pm PST
Location: Oracle Arena — Oakland, CA
TV: ESPN; NBCSN Bay Area
Radio: 95.7 THE GAME
Injury report
Last updated 12/21/17
Warriors: Stephen Curry, Zaza Pachulia, Shaun Livingston, Draymond Green, Andre Iguodala
Lakers: Brook Lopez
The streak versus the streak-busters
The Golden State Warriors come into this game on the back of their tenth straight win. They are only the fourth team in league history to have a double digit winning streak in five straight seasons.
Warriors are the fourth team in NBA history to post a double-digit win streak in five consecutive campaigns pic.twitter.com/6EwARqxGkD
— Warriors PR (@WarriorsPR) December 21, 2017
The Los Angeles Lakers will be fresh off a surprise win against the Houston Rockets, stopping the Rockets’ win streak at 14. Kyle Kuzma had a career-high 38 points, continuing his impressive rookie season.
In the last two meetings, the pesky Lakers have played the Warriors close, forcing overtime before being downed first by Steph Curry, then by Kevin Durant. The Warriors have been short-handed, but will surely hope to be joined by a couple of guys who have been sitting out.
Steve Kerr: "It looks good for Draymond." Says he's still questionable, but "expects him to play tomorrow"
— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) December 21, 2017
Both those games were in Los Angeles, where the Warriors have often struggled against the Lakers (though not the Clippers curiously).
But now they’re in the midst of a long home stretch. The prospect of some reinforcements, some good home cooking and no distracting half time shows, should be enough to see the Warriors home in this one.
Predictions
Final Score: Warriors 115 - Lakers 101
High Scorer: Klay Thompson