The Lakers revenge was successful! They refused to reverse the 17-point reversal. Reeves was injured and the four core players were absent. Bojie scored 23+8.

Editor|Old Kankanqiu

On October 13, the NBA 2025-26 preseason ushered in a focus battle. The Los Angeles Lakers sat at home and faced the Golden State Warriors. What is ironic is that Lakers reporter Jovan Buha previously revealed that new summer aid Smart will make his Lakers career debut today, and Doncic may also play. However, before the game, coach Redick said: Neither Doncic nor Smart will play tonight's game. What a joke. In addition, what is even more worrying is that James will not only miss all preseason games due to sciatica, but also the opening game and the following regular season. He will be absent for at least 3-4 weeks. This is a major blow to the Lakers and casts a shadow on the prospects of winning the championship in the new season.

Similarly, the Warriors' Curry, Butler, Horford and others will also miss today's Lakers-Yong game. The four core players of both teams are absent. Interestingly, in the last opener, the Lakers scored a 23-9 disparity in the final quarter. Although they did not complete the reversal in the end, they also showed the team's resilience.

In terms of the starting lineup for today's game, for the Warriors, Cole's starting five is: Brandin Podemski, Buddy Hield, Jonathan Kuminga, Draymond Green, and Quinten Post; for the Lakers, the starting lineup is: Austin Reeves, Dalton Knecter, Rui Hachimura, Jared Vanderbilt, and DeAndre Ayton.

At the beginning of the first quarter, Reeves leaned back and raised his hand from mid-range. Then he double-stepped and hit a long three-pointer. He scored 5 points in a row in the opening game. The Lakers led the Warriors 5-0 at the beginning. Green was left open at the top of the arc, and there was no one to defend him within a "three-meter radius." Faced with a wide-open three-pointer, he immediately made a three-pointer, which was a bit funny. Rui Hachimura and Post exchanged three-pointers, Kuming stepped up and succeeded at the basket, and the Warriors hit a climax to tie the score. Then Hachimura came into full swing. After making a strong three-point shot, he made continuous air cuts and made layups. He scored 7 points in a row, and the Lakers regained the lead to 10 points. Will Richard made a strong attack to score the ball, Jackson Davis made a cut and received the ball and dunked. Payton Jr. accelerated the ball and hit a backhand layup. After the first quarter, the Warriors were still 6 points behind the Lakers 24-30.

In the first quarter of the game, Hachimura performed well. He played 8 minutes, 4 of 5, 2 of 2 three-pointers, 10 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist.

Back in the second quarter, Reeves broke through and evaded the defense with consecutive European steps, and scored a reverse layup. Kuminga successfully defended and launched a counterattack. He rushed to the basket and instantly dunked Laravia with his left hand, locking the top ten goals of the day. His physical talent was undoubtedly displayed. Chasing Dream was whistled for an offensive foul on the screen, and he jumped up to signal Cole to challenge, but it was successfully canceled. This time he was really wronged. Knecht took advantage of the screen to decisively take a three-pointer and was fouled. After the referee reviewed the video, it was upgraded to level 1 foul play and three free throws were made! Vincent and Reeves then went to the free throw line one after another. At halftime, the Lakers led the Warriors 63-46 by as many as 17 points.

Halftime data, for the Warriors, Kuminga played 15 minutes and scored 9 points, 4 assists and 1 steal on 4-of-6 shooting; Podemski scored 9 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists on 4-of-8 shooting.

For the Lakers, Reeves played 17 minutes and scored 15 points on 5-of-7 shooting, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block. Rui Hachimura played 17 minutes and scored 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal. Ayton played 16 minutes, 5-of-5 scoring 10 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals.

It is worth mentioning that the Warriors were cold on the outside. The team made only 4 of 20 shots from the field, with a dismal 19% shooting rate. Among them, Hield, the sharpshooter, even made 0 of 3 shots.

The most interesting thing is that in the first half, the Lakers committed 14 fouls in total, while the Lakers only committed 2. The free throw comparison was 15-0, of which Knect had the most free throws in the game with 7.

Changed sides to fight again. Reeves accidentally sprained his foot while defending Podemski. He staggered and was injured and was substituted. Doncic directly told Reeves: That’s enough, stop playing (alright that’s enough). I have to say, this is really poisonous, and he left the field injured. Kuminga counterattacked and changed hands, fighting against Laravia in the air. Bodemsky made sudden outside shots and scored consecutive points. After three quarters, the Warriors caught up to 5 points 39-27 in a single quarter, and the three crazy starts of Yong.

In the decisive battle in the fourth quarter, Browne counterattacked, caught the ball and broke through, passing to Hayes for an alley-oop dunk. Geneson Williams also made a strong three-pointer. The Lakers reopened the point difference to 11 points. There was no suspense in the game. In the end, the Lakers defeated the Warriors 126-116 and succeeded in revenge.

In terms of statistics, for the Warriors, Kuminga scored 13 points, 6 assists and 1 steal on 5-of-8 shooting; Podemski scored 23 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists on 10-of-16 shooting.

For the Lakers, Reeves played 7 of 10 and scored 21 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block; Rui Hachimura scored 16 points, 3 rebounds, 12 assists and 1 steal; Ayton contributed 14 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals; Bronny scored 7 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist.