All the Lakers looked up, their eyes riveted on the video screen inside Chase Center as the tribute to Kobe Bryant played. But the emotion of the moment was not the cause of the Lakers being so sloppy before they pulled out a 125-120 win over the short-handed Warriors. His three-pointer with 16.9 seconds left sealed the game, giving the Lakers a 124-116 lead. They had built a 21-point lead in the third quarter, but saw it trimmed to 117-112 late in the fourth. “That was awful effort,” coach Doc Rivers said after watching Minnesota make a franchise-record 26 three-pointers.Leonard led the Clippers (36-16) with 29 points.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 09, 2020 12:22 UTC