It was a weird night in Oracle Arena. LeBron James, the Lakers’ superstar, sat out against the Warriors due to what was termed as “load management,” spurred by him waking up that morning feeling sore — and evoking memories of General Soreness and his meme’d-to-death excuse for refusing to play for the Minnesota Timberwolves.
It was a weird night for Stephen Curry, who finished the night with 14 points on 5-of-15 shooting (2-of-9 from three). Twelve of those 14 points came during the fourth quarter, where he finally realized that the Warriors were playing a game tonight and proceeded to torch the Lakers within a matter of minutes.