The Los Angeles Lakers saw their five-game winning streak snapped in a 115-113 loss to the Golden State Warriors on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Unlike in the previous five victories, the Lakers started strongly but then faltered as the game went on, eventually collapsing spectacularly in the fourth quarter. The defending NBA champions allowed Golden State to come back from a deficit as high as 19 points and outscore L.A. 67-49 in the second half.
Despite the Lakers owning the best defensive rating and excelling at cleaning the glass as well as blocking shots, they again struggled to stop their opponents from scoring in the paint.