The Golden State Warriors held of a strong effort from LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers to come away from Chase Center with a feel good win. Walking into this one off two consecutive losses, it felt like this game was going to me an emotional one, no matter how it ended.

Thankfully, the Splash Brothers came through.

Marc J. Spears @MarcJSpears

This was Warriors guard Klay Thompson’s first regular-season 30-point game since March 13, 2019 at Houston. He had 16 points in the 4th quarter, his most in the quarter since 2018. Along with a game high 33, he also held the Lakers to 1-6 as the primary defender. @ESPNStatsInfo

Klay was absolutely incredible. This game had a strong “Strength in Numbers” vibe to it as the Warriors took a big risk by not only giving rookie, Jonathan Kuminga (18 points, 9 rebounds in 25 minutes) the start, but putting him as the primary defender on LeBron James all night too.

Alex @dbs408

What an incredible sequence by Jonathan Kuminga on offense and defense!!

Otto Porter was playing on a minutes restriction, but had some critical plays late. He’s got the size and savvy to plug into any situation and help the lineup.

But tonight was really Thompson’s night. We’ll have deeper coverage coming your way on the game tomorrow, but there was a visceral excitement to Klay’s contributions tonight. One play in particular: Curry forces a pass to the interior, the defense bats the ball… right into the waiting hands of Thompson, who promptly drills a three right in LeBron James’ frustrated face.

And then the backbreaker maximum swagger three:

Kevin Noamas @kevztmo

@BJLaflin That was as clutch @KlayThompson taking over the 4th quarter rally to hold off the @Lakers for thrilling 2 pt win at Chase!! #DubNation

There have been some massive battles against James, but tonight was not one of his better nights. He seemed reluctant to deal with Kuminga (who got a few early runaway dunks) and then wasn’t really attacking the rookie on the other end.

Lee Harvey @MusikFan4Life

LeBron James : 26 points on 9-27 shooting, 3-10 from 3, 5-9 from the FT line, 14 rebounds & 8 assists in 38 minutes (Missed 2/3 FT's with 2.4 seconds left that would've tied the game)

26 points on 27 shots and the bricked free throws with the game on the line don’t matter a whole lot in the grand scheme of things, but it makes for a happy Saturday night in Dub Nation.

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