NBA Playoffs: Stephen Curry's blitz go in vain as LeBron Lebron's LA Lakers take 3-1 lead

After going 2-1 against the Warriors on Saturday, the Lakers have gotten the impetus as they furthered the lead on Monday. Both Lebron James and Stephen Curry were at their usual best, however,  Anthony Davis, with 15 rebounds, and Austin Reeves with 21 points made the difference. The Lakers are now 3-1 up with Game 5 set to take place on Wednesday.

Trailing by 2-1 and playing away, the Warriors needed their star player Stephen Curry to fire on all cylinders today. Curry brought his magnificent best with 31 points and 14 assists. However, on the day, the effort by the Chef could not level the score as Golden State Warriors lost the match by 3 points. The final score stood at 104-101.  

Stephen Curry's blitz go in vain as Lebron James' Lakers go 3-1 up over GSW  

Lonnie Walker scored all of his 15 points in a phenomenal fourth quarter, and the Los Angeles Lakers rallied late to take a 3-1 series lead with a 104-101 victory over the Golden State Warriors in Game 4 on Monday night. LeBron James scored 27 points and Anthony Davis had 23 points and 15 rebounds for the seventh-seeded Lakers, who moved to the brink of an improbable trip to the Western Conference finals with their eighth consecutive home victory since March.

Los Angeles overcame Stephen Curry's third career postseason triple-double down the stretch largely because of Walker, who has made a seismic impact in returning to the Lakers' rotation in this series after the former starter was stuck on the bench in recent weeks. Walker went 6 for 9 in the fourth quarter and hit the go-ahead jumper with 1:53 to play. Curry’s layup with 1:05 left trimmed the Lakers’ lead to one point, but Curry missed two 3-pointers on Golden State’s next possession before Walker made two free throws with 15 seconds to play.

Davis then forced a jump ball in the waning seconds, and it went out of bounds off Curry with 1.3 seconds to play. Curry had 31 points, 10 rebounds and 14 assists in his 13th career triple-double for the defending champion Warriors, who will have to overcome a 3-1 series deficit for only the second time in franchise history to continue their NBA title defense. Golden State also did it in the 2016 Western Conference finals.  (Inputs from AP)