GS Warriors 109 vs 123 LA Lakers NBA opening night summary:, stats and highlights

Check out these bad boys. Jacob the Jewler hooked the Warriors up for their 4th title in 8 years.

Curry ended the night with 33, 6 rebounds and 7 assists in the Warriors season opening win. And he's going home with a new piece of jewlery.

With the game in hand, Curry just gave the fans one last reason to get up off their seats.

Curry with the pull up and the Finals MVP ended his night with 33 points.

We love to talk about the Warriors offense, but the defense has been huge when Golden State has success. They held the Lakers to 5 minutes of scoreless basketball in the third quarter.

There is no secret Green and Poole were involved in one of the nastiest dust ups we have seen in an NBA practice, but they showed they can coexist on the same court on Tuesday.

The banner is in the rafters and the quest befins to add another one to the Chase Center roof.

After a breakout year last season, it's Jordan Poole's time to shine this year. He had 12 points off the bench in the opener.

Last time we saw Steph, he won the Finals MVP, and he came out in the same form on Tuesday night.

It was a night of celebration in San Fran as the NBA Champions were honored at Chase Center. Klay, Dray and Curry got their fourth rings before the game.

IT'S ALL OVER!!!

The Golden State Warriors start their title defense with a win over the Los Angeles Lakers on a night where they were presented their Championship rings.

Wiseman with a mid range pull up jumper.

Wiggins with back to back three balls!!! He's got 20 points and is the Warriors' second leading scorer behind Steph with 33.

Wiggins from downtown and this game is all over!

Davis back inside for the easy two.

Westbrook at the line and he hits one of two with under three to go in the game.

Curry pulls up from distance knocks it down and gets the foul!!! FT is good and he's got 33 on the night.

Curry with a three ball and then puts on a dazzling display on the play after on the up and under lay up.

Wiggins with a three ball to stop some of the Golden State bleeding.

Westbrook on the alley oop!!!

Right after the three, the Warriors give up a Nunn lay up and coach Kerr calls a timeout with 5:13 to go.

Curry fell to the hardwood, but pitched a pass to DiVincenzo for a three ball!!

Davis with four straight points after the fade away in the lane.

Davis to the line after the DiVicenzo foul and he hits two of two.

Thompson answers back with a three ball and he's got 18 points.

Pull up three from Nunn at the top of the key.

Beverly in the corner for three, and those are his first points of the night.

J. Green with the put back off the DiVincenzo miss.

DiVincenzo out of the break gets an easy look down low.

James on the put back and the Lakers are on a 13-2 run. They still trail by 16, but GS wants a timeout.

James on the slam and he's got 26, 13, and 5. He has been the only one who has showed up after the halftime break.

Walker with the runner off the glass falling out of bounds.

Poole with a deep two in the corner over his former teamate Toscano-Anderson.

James sticks a three ball at the end of the third quarter to cut the lead to 20 going into the final 12 minutes.

James with the defensive rebound and goes coast to coast to finish off with the left hand.

Westbrook at the line, and he hits both after the Wiseman foul.

Wiseman with a flat line floater in the lane.

Looney on the put back after the Poole miss.

Curry pulls the trigger off the dribble and he's got 24 after the three ball!!

Green with a three ball, and then Curry drops a long ball in the corner!! The lead is up to 20 and the Lakers are letting this one get away from them.

Timeout LA with 5:24 to go in the third quarter.

Davis wins the tap after a jump ball and James returned it to AD for a lay up around the rim.

Wiggins hits Green in transition and the Lakers need a timeout with 7:07 to go in the quarter.

Wiggins with a sweet finger roll and he's got 11 as the lead is back up to a game high 14.

Thompson at the line and he hits two of two. He's got 9 points in the third quarter.

Looney driving strong and finishing with finess out of the break.

HOLD ON TO YOUR HATS!!!

James soaring through the air after a steal from Walker and the 37 year old showing he's still got the hops.

Timeout GS with 8:42 to go in the third quarter.

Curry fouied by AD, and he hits two of two from the line.

Thompson looking down low for Wiggins for the open slam.

Davis at the line after getting fouled by Looney and the big man hits both.

Thompson starts his second half with three straight buckets for seven points!

Nunn drops a three ball to start the Lakers 3rd quarter!

Thompson on the second chance opportunity three ball to start the second half.

We are back for the second half of action from the Chase Center!!

GS lead LA 59-52

Poole to Green on the easy bucket after the backdoor cut and Warriors fans breathe a sigh of relief after all the turbulence over the last week since the punch heard round the world.

Poole has 10 off the bench, and what a weapon he is for this Warriors team.

Curry wasted no time putting on a show. He had 16 in the first half.

AD got off to a quick start with 10 points in the first quarter.

The first half comes to a close, and it's been the Warriors in control through 24 minutes.

Curry has 16 points, while Davis leads the Lakers with 15. James has 14 and Westbrook has 11. That's what the Lakers want to see, but their three point shooting was terrible in the first half. They went 3-21 from downtown to start the game.

James at the line and he hits both to close the first half. He ends the first two quarters with 15 ponts.

Walker with a mid range jumper with under a minute to go in the half.

Curry driving right and finishing with the right hand on the finger roll.

Westbrook going strong to the rack gets the bucket and the foul! FT is no good.

Thompson's pump fake opened up some space and he hit the long two,

Davis fouled by Wiggins and he goes to the line and hits one of two.

Curry fouled by Ryan and he hits both FTs.

LeBron with one of his famous drives to the rack gets the contact and the bucket! FT is good for the three point play.

Westbrook out of the break for three and he's got 9 pts.

Klay weaving his way inside the arc and pulls the trigger from the FT line!

LA needs a time out after the Warriors stretch out fo their largest lead of the game with 2:17 to go in the half.

That was the first time we have seen those two hook up after the punch heard and seen round the world.

Green to the bucket and Poole hit him on the streak to the bucket!

Westbrook down low to James who had a mismatch and an easy finish. He's got 9 on the night.

Poole finds Curry on the back door cut and Curry hits the reverse down the baseline and gets fouled! FT is good to complete the three point play!

Curry with a lay up off the Green assist. That connection hasn't lost a step over the offseason. Why would it? They have been together for a decade.

Westbrook with back to back buckets after dashing to the rack and finishing with the lay up.

Westbrook using the glass on the midrange jumper.

Curry driving left and finished with the right on the reverse lay up.

Moody left open under the basket on the inbound and he slams it home!

James hits Davis in stride and he gets the finger roll to go.

Wiggins drops the three ball after the dis from Curry!!

Davis down low surrounded by Warriors!

DiVincenzo from the elbow off the bench.

Ryan with a three ball and the Lakers finally see their second three ball go down.

AD started the season hot with 10 points in the first quarter.

What a scoring option Jordan Poole is off the bench for the Warriors.

It should come as no surprise that Curry is in midseason form already.

No look pass from Poole who opened up Wiseman for the wide open dunk down the lane!!

Timeout Lakers with 8:44 to go in the half.

Moody in the corner for three!!!

Wiseman downlow for his first points of the game.

LeBron gets the defensive rebound and goes coast to coast! He's got 7 on the night.

Poole showing flashes of Curry with the shot off the dribble. Long two goes for Poole and he's got 10 points.

LeBron with a one dribble drive and lays it up at the rim.

The first quarter comes to a close with the Warriors leading 25-22.

GS turned the ball over 6 times, but LA couldn't hit from outside. They are 1/10 from downtown.

Poole fouled by Nunn and he goes to the line and hits both FTs.

DiVicenzo going to the line and he hits one of two.

The scoring has stiffled, and the Warriors have turned the ball over 6 times in this first quarter.

Davis gets s steal at mid court and finishes with a lay up and 1!

Inbound to Davis who gets the jump hook to go and he's got 7 points.

Davis at the line after a foul by Poole, and the big man hits one of two FTs.

Nunn answers back from three point range. The Lakers didn't shoot well from outside last year, and haven't been shooting well from DT today.

Skip pass from Wiggins to Green who pulls the trigger from outside!

James driving and hitting on the left baseline! He gets fouled by Green to send him to the line for an and 1. James hits the FT for his first points of the game.

Poole with the quick trigger three ball and he's got two from downtown!! Timeout Lakers who trail by nine points mid way through the first quarter.

Wiggins in the paint and gets the floater to go.

Walker fouled by Green and he hits one of two.

Poole on the step back three ball from the top of the key!

Reaves with the FT to make it a two point game after the break.

Reaves on the break, gets the lay up and Poole fouled him! He will go to the line for an and 1 after a timeout on the floor with 7:18 to go in the game.

Curry is starting to get cooking. Had Walker on skates and then dropped a turn around jumper to get the crowd going.

Westbrook driveing to the bucket and gets it to go on the left side.

Wiggins off the dribble and over Davis for his first bucket of the seaosn.

Curry got into the paint and looked to wiggle into space after picking up his dribble in the paint. James fouled him on the floater, and Curry goes to the line and hits two.

Walker drive under the basket and finds Davis who put it up quick and got his second bucket of the game.

Thompson with the dump off to Mooney and he gets the foul and 1! FT is good for the man who is becoming a fan favorite in the Bay.

Both teams starting cold, it's just 2-2 with 2:30 into the fourth quarter.

Thompson fouled by Beverly on the three pointer, and Thompson hits two of three freebies.

Beverly is going to be a story to watch all season long.  Not too many people who have played against him enjoy his company, including some on the Lakers.

AD going into the body of Looney and finishing off the glass. Big statement season for Davis this year. He spent most of last year hurt. When he is on the court LA is obviously a much different team.

WE ARE UNDERWAY FROM CHASE CENTER!!!

Two teams with the same ambition start the season, will anyone of them be standing at the end of the season eight months from now?

The banner is up, the rings have been handed out and there's only one thing to do. Play ball!

The Warriors with the same starting five that won the NBA Title last June. Andrew Wiggins and Kevon Looney are perfect compliments to Steph, Dray and Clay.

Lonnie Walker and Patrick Beverly join AD, LeBron and Westbrook in the Lakers starting five to start the season. Beverly is the bad boy that's going to add the extra edge to this Lakers team that needed that last year.

This is the Golden State Warriors 2022 NBA Champion ring presented tonight from Chase Arena.

JTS gets his bling

Now Los Angeles Laker, Juan Toscano-Anderson was the first to be announced here at Chase Arena. He made the swith down south oer the off season, and will be looking for a second straight title, only he will be wearing purple and gold this year.

It's time to hand out the rings at Chase Arena! For Dray, Klay and Curry it will be ring number four.

These games can be tricky. The emotion, the celebration, the and the excitment can get the best of teams on these kinds of nights.

Luckily for the Warriors, they have been in this situation before.

Celtics start season off on right foot

The Boston Celtics and the Philadelphia 76ers tipped off the NBA season early tonight and the it's the Eastern Conference Champions that take down Joel Embiid and the Sixers 126-117

New year. Same look

The Golden State Warriors have a few fresh faces on the roster, but the base stays the same. Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green have been the anchors in this dynasty and the will be looking to get back to the playoffs healthy this year. When each of the play for every game of a playoff series, no one in the league has been able to knock them out.

Green back after dust up

We all heard about the Draymond Green/Jordan Poole saga over the last week. Green landed a hayamker in practice on the young guard and then announced he was stepping away from basketball for a period of time. He missed two preseason games but was back for the finale, and will be on the floor on opening night.

Past meets present tonight at Chase Arena

It's a fitting match up for an opening night spectacular, as one of the most historic and winning franchise in NBA history take on a team that have built a dynasty over the last 8 years. Golden State have won four titles in the last decade, whle the Lakers will be adding to their record 17 NBA championships.

Ring night!!

Steph Curry and the Warriors aren't just celebrating the opening of the regular season tonight. They will be awarded their rings pregame, and will officially close the book on last season as they set their sights on going back-to-back

Dressed in white coming into Chase Arena, is LeBron James going to be a saviour for the Lakers this season after what was a historically disappointing season last year? Any time LeBron is on the court, his team are in the title conversation, but LA is going to have to earn to be in that convo this year after missing the post season last season.

The title defense starts tonight

Golden State was coming off of a season much like they season the Lakers had last year, but went from missing the playoffs in the 2020/21 season to winning the title the next year. Klay Thompson came back to a team that was already clicking in the middle of the season, and made them into title contenders. The Warriors finished third in the Western Conference after Steph Curry missed the last stretch of the regular season with an ankle injury. The Warriors beat the the Nuggets, the Suns, and then the Mavericks before meeting the Celtics in the NBA Finals. Curry led the

Lakers last year

This season couldn’t come soon enough for the Lakers after a disastrous year. LeBron James had a team of older, but legendary players around him as he, Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook sought to bring an 18th NBA championship to LA. Injuries riddled the Lakers season, as Anthony Davis went down for a good portion of the season, and LeBron James battled an ankle injury. Westbrook made more enemies than friends last year at the Crypto.com Arena

We are here at Chase Arena

We are live from San Francisco where two teams who had polar opposite seasons last year come into the season with the same ambition. The Lakers missed the playoffs, and didn’t even make it to the Play-In after building a super team meant to compete for a championship. They had to watch the Warriors win their fourth championship in eight years.

Lakers vs. Warriors live

It’s tip off Tuesday as basketball returns four months after the Golden State Warriors were crowned kings of the NBA back in June.  The Warriors will start their title defense tonight against the Los Angeles Lakers, and AS English will be with you all night with live coverage, stats, highlights and analysis from tonight’s opening night showdown from Chase Arena.