Lakers open season with 127-105 win over Warriors

Lakers pull away in season opener

The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Golden State Warriors 127-105 on Wednesday night, Oct. 21, at Crypto.com Arena, opening the 2026-27 NBA regular season with a home victory. The league listed tipoff for 10 p.m. Eastern, or 7 p.m. Pacific. The Lakers led 34-33 after the first quarter, extended the margin to 66-52 by halftime and carried a 102-68 advantage into the fourth. Golden State outscored Los Angeles 37-25 in the final period, but the Lakers’ earlier cushion kept the game out of reach. The final score and quarter totals are recorded in the NBA box score and ESPN’s completed game feed. ^{[1] [2]}

Luka Dončić paced Los Angeles with 28 points and seven assists, according to ESPN’s box-score leaders. Center Walker Kessler led the Lakers with nine rebounds. Stephen Curry scored 23 points to lead Golden State, while Draymond Green had a team-high eight assists and Gui Santos collected five rebounds. Those figures are final game totals, not season averages. The NBA’s official box score provides the league record of player statistics; ESPN independently lists the game leaders. ^{[1] [2]}

A rough start for Golden State

Golden State’s 19-point second quarter and 16-point third left it needing a large comeback after halftime. The Warriors did make the fourth-quarter score more respectable, but their 37 points in that period were not enough to erase the deficit. The NBA’s quarter-by-quarter record shows Los Angeles scoring at least 32 points in each of the first three quarters, including 36 in the third. The final margin was 22 points. ^{[1] [2]}

S.F. Chronicle reporter Luca Evans also described the result as a 127-105 Lakers win in a postgame update, noting Curry’s return to play and Golden State rookie Yaxel Lendeborg’s effort. That independent account aligns with the league’s final score. The result settles the season-opener matchup; it does not establish anything about either team’s trajectory over the rest of the season. ^{[3] [1]}

The season starts with familiar stars

Curry and Dončić were the focal-point matchup for the opener, with both stars leading their teams in scoring. Dončić’s 28 points led the night, while Curry’s 23 were the most for the Warriors. The official NBA listing identifies the contest as Golden State at Los Angeles on Oct. 21. The final score settles this season-opener matchup; broader searches about the Lakers roster or Bronny James are not established by this box score and are not treated here as part of the same event. The meeting is one of 82 regular-season games for each club, so this result is only the opening entry on either team’s schedule. ^{[1] [2] [4]}