The Warriors beat the Lakers 112-95 at Chase Center on Friday night, Oct. 30, in their NBA Cup group opener. They did it after trailing 38-15 at the end of the first quarter. ESPN reported that Stephen Curry had 31 points, six assists and four rebounds. Yahoo's Jack Baer wrote that the Warriors trailed by 25 and won by 17, and that no NBA team had done that in the play-by-play era. We haven't verified that claim ourselves.

Our box score shows how lopsided the rest of the game was. The Lakers' lead peaked at 25, and Golden State's largest lead was 17. The quarter scores were 38-15 Lakers, 38-15 Warriors, 32-27 Warriors and 27-15 Warriors. Yahoo described the second quarter as a tie at halftime, which is how the score stood at 53-53. Golden State then won the second half 59-42.

Three-point shooting was the biggest gap. The Warriors made 22 of 46 (48%) and the Lakers made 11 of 39 (28%). Curry went 11-of-23 overall and 8-of-14 from deep, and he was a +19 in 31 minutes. That is a bigger night from three than his season line of 3.5 makes on 9.0 attempts per game through four games. Brandin Podziemski added 21 points and De'Anthony Melton had 16 off the bench. Georges Niang scored 11 and went 3-for-3 from three. Draymond Green scored two points but had nine assists, and the Warriors had 31 assists to the Lakers' 18. Golden State also had 18 fast-break points to nine.

Yahoo's Baer wrote that Curry broke Luka Dončić's ankles on one play. Dončić came back after missing the previous game and scored 37 on 12-of-27 shooting, with six threes. Austin Reaves had 21 points but also eight turnovers and was a -13. Los Angeles had 20 turnovers to Golden State's 15, and the Lakers were called for four technical fouls to none for the Warriors. Silver Screen and Roll's Connor Moreno noted that Ziaire Williams, Adou Thiero and Cameron Carr were the Lakers' only absences.

Silver Screen and Roll called the loss an "ugly, ugly collapse," and Golden State of Mind's Brady Klopfer framed it as payback. He wrote that the Lakers had won handily on opening night nine days earlier. Moreno's player grades framed it as a matchup between Dončić and Yaxel Lendeborg. Lendeborg played 24 minutes and scored six points, with five turnovers and six fouls, and was a -20. The Warriors still won, so his night didn't decide the game.

Both teams are 3-2, and the Lakers still lead the Pacific because Golden State is second. The Warriors have won three straight, including road wins at Denver (134-114) and Minnesota (119-114). Los Angeles had won at the Clippers 103-87 on Wednesday after losing 136-129 to Portland on Oct. 27. Golden State hosts the Clippers on Sunday, Nov. 1, and the Lakers host Toronto the same day.