{"id":42298,"date":"2025-07-06T02:44:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T02:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/42298\/"},"modified":"2025-07-06T02:44:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T02:44:11","slug":"lakers-lose-california-classic-opener-as-bronny-james-sits-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/42298\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers lose California Classic opener as Bronny James sits out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SAN FRANCISCO\u00a0\u2014\u00a0The Lakers<\/a> dropped their first game of the California Classic at Chase Center to the Golden State Warriors 89-84 on Saturday<\/a> after leading by double digits in the first half.<\/p>\n

The Lakers struggled defensively in the second half, giving up 30 points in the third quarter, when they trailed for the first time.<\/p>\n

Bronny James<\/a> traveled with the team but did not suit up.<\/p>\n

Darius Bazley was the Lakers\u2019 only constant on defense, switching on the perimeter while contesting shots at the rim. Perimeter defense was a clear struggle for L.A., forcing late challenges by bigs leading to 25 free throws.<\/p>\n

Cole Swider was a bright spot all game for the Lakers, using his ability to shoot from deep to tally a game-high 24 points on seven-for-10 shooting, including, six of eight from three. Swider, entering his fifth year in the NBA, played seven games for the Lakers his rookie season.<\/p>\n

DJ Steward also stood out, dropping 20 points on seven-for-10 shooting. Steward\u2019s ability to get to the rim and draw fouls allowed for catch-and-shoot threes for teammates.<\/p>\n

The Lakers\u2019 first round draft pick last season, Dalton Knecht<\/a>, looked a bit rusty scoring only 10 points on three-for-13 shooting, missing all six shots from deep. Knecht is coming off a season for the Lakers where he averaged 9.1 points on 37% shooting in 78 games.<\/p>\n

The California Classic will continue tomorrow when the Lakers take on the Miami Heat. Tip off will be at 1:30 p.m. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN FRANCISCO\u00a0\u2014\u00a0The Lakers dropped their first game of the California Classic at Chase Center to the Golden State…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":42299,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[33254,29011,33250,25926,262,33251,21807,33255,8604,2444,1260,449,4989,33252,33253,554,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-42298","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-ability","9":"tag-bronny-james","10":"tag-california-classic-opener","11":"tag-dalton-knecht","12":"tag-defense","13":"tag-dj-steward","14":"tag-first-game","15":"tag-free-throw","16":"tag-lakers","17":"tag-los-angeles-times","18":"tag-nba","19":"tag-point","20":"tag-rim","21":"tag-rookie-season","22":"tag-seven-for-10-shooting","23":"tag-shot","24":"tag-sports","25":"tag-united-states","26":"tag-unitedstates","27":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114803996330745447","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}