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Nearly three weeks after signing him to a one-year deal, the Golden State Warriors have waived guard Seth Curry.

The 35-year-old journeyman, and brother of Stephen, isn’t expected to be gone too long from the Bay Area. According to ESPN’s Anthony Slater, there is an expectation that Curry will be back with the Warriors at some point early in the NBA season.

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Curry was waived due to the Warriors’ lack of flexibility with their salary cap. They have $206.3 million committed to their roster, just below the second apron of $207.8 million and cannot fit Curry’s veteran minimum contract.

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That means the 15th spot on the Golden State roster will be empty to start the season.

During the preseason, Curry practiced with the team and traveled with them on their only road trip, but he was inactive for games.

Curry spent the 2024-25 season with the Charlotte Hornets, where he averaged 6.5 points and 1.7 rebounds largely off the bench. He became a free agent at the end of the season. Should he end up back with the Warriors it would mark the fifth team that he’s played for in the past five seasons.

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It would also mark the first time that the Curry brothers will be together on an NBA team. Stephen has been with the Warriors for his entire career after they took him with the No. 7 overall pick in 2009. The two-time MVP and two-time scoring champ been a centerpiece in their dynasty run that won four NBA championships. He averaged 24.5 points and six assists last season with the Warriors while averaging a league-high 4.4 made 3-pointers per game.

The Warriors went 48-34 last season and fell in the Western Conference semifinals for the second time in the past three seasons

Golden State opens the regular season Tuesday against the Los Angeles Lakers.

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SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors have waived guard Seth Curry with the expectation that he will return to the team at some point in the first couple of months.

The move was necessary because of the Warriors’ lack of financial flexibility in the new salary cap environment. They are hard-capped at the second apron and just below it, so they can’t afford to have an extra veteran minimum contract on their books until early November. Golden State’s 15th and final roster spot will remain vacant until the guard’s anticipated return.

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Seth, Stephen Curry’s younger brother, has spent the past few weeks at the team’s facility and on its lone October road trip working out, but he has been deactivated for preseason games.

Seth Curry started his 11-year career with the franchise’s G League program in Santa Cruz but then purposefully ventured elsewhere — to 10 NBA teams — preferring to map his own professional path out of his brother’s shadow.

It has come with plenty of shooting success. The younger Curry brother has made 945 career 3s at a 43.3% clip, the seventh-highest percentage in league history.

This summer, Seth decided the timing was right to join Steph, who has long hoped to play with his brother on an NBA stage. It will be delayed, but a plan remains in place even after this procedural waiving.

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This had always been the plan.

From the day the Warriors signed Seth Curry to play alongside his older brother Stephen Curry for the first time professionally, it was made clear that the Warriors were eventually going to cut and waive Curry, only to re-sign him a month or two later. That cut came on Saturday.

Team finances and the tax aprons drove this. The Warriors are hard-capped at the second apron (because they used the taxpayer mid-level exception to sign Al Horford). After agreeing to a new contract with Jonathan Kuminga, then soon after deals for Horford and Deâ€Anthony Melton, the Warriors were bumping up against that cap. One of Seth Curry or Gui Santos had to be waived to get under that hard cap to start the season, and Curry was always the guy going to get the time off (this was clearly communicated with everyone, including Stephen).

The Warriors can re-sign Seth Curry on Nov. 15, when they will have the space to sign a pro-rated minimum contract for the rest of the season. However, the Warriors may wait longer than that, maybe into December, just to give themselves more cushion against the tax apron line.

Seth, 35, shot 45.6% on 3-pointers last season on his way to averaging 6.5 points a game in Charlotte. His shooting and style of play mesh well with the Warriors once they re-sign him, in a month or two.

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With Warriors guard Moses Moody doubtful for Golden State’s 2025-26 NBA season opener due to a calf strain, when could the fifth-year pro make his debut?

Stanford Medicine orthopedic surgeon Dr. Geoffrey Abrams, MD, provided some expert analysis on what Dub Nation can expect from Moody’s injury — which Warriors coach Steve Kerr said the team isn’t “too concerned” about — as he works his way back to the court.

“If the team is describing it as a minor muscle strain, it’s probably … some microscopic tearing and minor partial tearing,” Abrams told NBC Sports Bay Area on Friday. “The good news about that, obviously, it’s on the lesser severe end of the spectrum, and typical return-to-play timelines are a couple weeks or so for these more minor muscle grade strains.”

Kerr said this past Tuesday, Oct. 14, that Moody would be reevaluated in a week, with the Warriors set to open their new season against the Los Angeles Lakers this Tuesday at Crypto.com Arena. A return timeline of a couple weeks, as noted by Abrams, hopefully would put Moody back in Kerr’s rotation by Golden State’s Oct. 28 game against the Los Angeles Clippers at Chase Center, their fifth contest of the season.

There are several hurdles Moody will have to clear before that happens, Abrams explained.

“Obviously, the Warriors are a great professional organization and they’ve got top notch medical personnel, so they’re going to run him through the professional protocol and things like that,” Abrams said. “In terms of returning to play, he basically has to be able to participate in full practices 100 percent, and before he even gets to that, he has to demonstrate he’s got strength, range of motion, flexibility of the muscle and be able to do the things that are required for an NBA athlete, of course, before they even throw him into full practices.

“And then, once he’s comfortable with full practices and jumping and running up and down the court, that’s when you start to think about getting back into games. Sometimes … there’s situations where they may limit minutes initially before throwing him back into full pre-injury participation. But that just depends on a variety of different circumstances.”

After entering the Warriors’ starting lineup late last season en route to the NBA playoffs, Moody missed Golden State’s final three preseason contests this month with his calf issue.

As long as the Warriors don’t rush Moody back, Abrams noted, there’s little chance that the calf strain impacts Moody’s play moving forward, and the chance of an Achilles tear, as has been seen in countless NBA stars recently, is minimal.

“Certainly re-injury is also sometimes a possibility, but that’s why you go through the protocol is really to reduce that risk and not put him out there before he’s ready, which I’m sure the staff will do,” Abrams said.

Moody has proven himself as a valuable member of the Warriors’ lineup, and Kerr certainly hopes to have the 23-year-old back sooner rather than later.

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SAN FRANCISCO — The NBA fined Golden State Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga $35,000 for the actions that led to his ejection late in the first half of a preseason win in Portland on Tuesday night.

Kuminga was upset after he didn’t receive a whistle on a shot attempt with seven seconds left in the second quarter. Kuminga stumbled while attempting a barreling transition drive through two defenders, missed the layup and immediately went after nearby official Rodney Mott, clapping in Mott’s face. Mott ejected Kuminga.

Two days later, the league fined Kuminga for “making inappropriate contact with and continuing to pursue a game official.”

After the game, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said he “kind of liked [the ejection], actually” because he has been searching for some extra fire from Kuminga.

“He got fouled,” Kerr said. “It was a frustration play. I have no problem with it. He deserved the foul. He was getting fouled quite a bit. It was a physical game.”

After some contentious contract negotiations this summer, Kuminga returned to the Warriors on a two-year, $46.8 million contract earlier this month, arriving at training camp a couple days late. He has flashed some improved playmaking in the preseason and had 7 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists at the moment of his ejection.

“The way he ran on [the ejection] play, the activity he played with, the rebounding,” Kerr said. “That’s the JK who can really help our team, I loved the way he played. I love the fire, the passion, I don’t mind the ejection at all.”

Kuminga’s arm appeared to be whacked on the drive, but he told ESPN in the postgame locker room that he was most upset about his right ankle getting clipped on his gather step. Kuminga badly twisted his right ankle last season and said he had a flashback to that injury when Portland Trail Blazers forward Deni Avdija accidentally stepped on it, causing him to lose his temper on the official.

“I wasn’t surprised he got ejected because he kind of got right in [Mott’s] face,” Kerr said. “You can’t do that. They are going to eject you if you do that.”

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Jonathan Kuminga didnâ€t make it to the second half of Tuesday nightâ€s preseason game.

The Golden State forward was thrown out of a 118-111 Warriors victory over the Portland Trail Blazers in the final moments of the second quarter after he made contact with an official while arguing for a call. That led to an immediate technical foul and ejection.

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Kuminga was driving to the rim at the Moda Center trying to get a bucket to fall before the buzzer, though he missed the layup after thinking that he drew contact in the middle of the lane. As play went the other way to wrap up the quarter, Kuminga got into the official’s face and made contact with him — which will lead to an ejection every time.

Kuminga had 7 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists in 18 minutes when he left.

Tuesdayâ€s outing was Kumingaâ€s third this preseason, and came just weeks after he landed a new two-year, $48.5 million deal to return to the franchise after months of uncertainty. Kuminga and the Warriors had been in a contract dispute throughout the offseason that frequently felt like it was going nowhere. The new deal now means that Kuminga will be eligible to be traded in January, which is something that is reportedly likely to be explored at a minimum.

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Kuminga, who the Warriors took with the No. 7 overall pick in 2021, averaged 15.3 points and 4.6 rebounds while shooting 30.5% from behind the arc last season. The 23-year-old missed significant time last season due to an ankle injury he went down with in January, but he returned in time for the postseason.

The Trail Blazers took a five-point lead into the locker room at halftime, but the Warriors surged ahead in the fourth quarter to grab the seven-point win. Stephen Curry dropped 28 points while shooting 4-of-11 from the 3-point line, and Quinten Post added 16 points off the bench.

All five of the Trail Blazers’ starters hit double figures in the loss. Shaedon Sharpe led the way with 18 points after he shot 7-of-16 from the field. Donovan Clingan added 15 points and 11 rebounds, and Deni Avdija finished with 15 points.

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The Warriors have one game left, Friday night against the Los Angeles Clippers, in their preseason slate. They will open the regular season on Oct. 21 against the Los Angeles Lakers.

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  Zach KramOct 13, 2025, 07:00 AM ET

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  Zach Kram is a national NBA writer for ESPN.com, specializing in short- and long-term trends across the league’s analytics landscape. He previously worked at The Ringer covering the NBA and MLB. You can follow Zach on X via @zachkram.

A decade after winning the first of four titles to start a dynasty, the Golden State Warriors have seemingly been passed by the rest of the Western Conference.

According to ESPN BET, the Warriors have just the seventh-best odds to win the West this season, behind the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder, Denver Nuggets, Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Lakers, Minnesota Timberwolves and LA Clippers.

That placement makes some sense. Golden State was the No. 7 seed last season, bowed out in five games in the second round and could boast the oldest starting lineup in NBA history this season. If Buddy Hield joins Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler III, Draymond Green and Al Horford in the starting lineup after Hield’s birthday on Dec. 17, the Warriors would be the first team to start five players 33 or older in a game, according to ESPN Research.

But that quick, pessimistic summary severely underrates Golden State’s potential. In contrast, the Warriors profile as one of the most dangerous teams in the West, even in their dotage, and they might even be able to compete with the omnipotent Thunder. The NBA’s last repeat champion could be a sleeper that stops the newest candidate from repeating.

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A full season with Curry and Butler

Projections from ESPN’s Kevin Pelton place the Warriors second in the entire NBA, with a forecast of 56 wins — closer to the top of the West than to the play-in portion of the standings.

What explains the discrepancy between that projection and the general perception that the Warriors’ window has closed? Here’s the simple explanation: In half a season with Butler, the Warriors were one of the best teams in the league, and they improved in the offseason. By that logic, they should be a contender again this season.

Golden State upset the second-seeded Rockets in the first round and took Game 1 against the Timberwolves before running out of steam without Curry, who suffered a hamstring strain 13 minutes into the series. There’s no shame in losing that way, as any contender would expect to struggle without its best player.

Don’t let the 2024-25 Warriors’ meek playoff exit mask their remarkable in-season turnaround, though. Before the Butler trade, Golden State was 25-26 with a minus-0.4 net rating. But from Butler’s debut through the end of the regular season, it ranked first in defensive rating and third in net, at plus-9.2 per 100 possessions. The team’s 23-8 record in that span — which extrapolates to 61 wins over a full season — wasn’t a fluke.

With Curry back and Butler on board for a full season, there’s no reason to think Golden State will be any worse this season. The Warriors should benefit from incredible continuity. Twelve of their top 13 players in 2024-25 postseason minutes will return in 2025-26, and they upgraded on the one departure (Kevon Looney) with Horford, who left the Boston Celtics in free agency.

Al Horford’s arrival in Golden State is crucial and provides Curry a big man he can rely on. Photo by Brian Fluharty/Getty Images

Horford’s impact

Horford’s arrival in Golden State is crucial, as Curry has never played with a big man like the 39-year-old NBA champion before. Among Warriors centers since Curry’s breakout season (2012-13), the leaders in total 3-point makes are Dario Saric, who made 74 3s as a backup center in 2023-24, and Quinten Post, who sank 73 as a rookie last season.

By comparison, Horford has made triple-digit 3s in each of the past three seasons, and his 40.9% 3-point mark over that span is the best among all centers with at least 100 makes, narrowly ahead of Karl-Anthony Towns’ 40.8%. His ability to stretch the floor will provide important balance next to Butler and Green, who can both be reluctant shooters.

Horford is also a far superior defender and creator to Saric and Post, making him a better all-around fit for the Warriors’ lineup. There is tremendous defensive potential in a frontcourt featuring Butler, Green and Horford, who have a combined 15 All-Defensive Team appearances in their careers.

A strong defense, after all, is just as central to the Warriors’ winning identity as Curry’s deep 3s. In 2021-22, their last title season, the Warriors finished second in defensive rating versus just 16th on offense. And last year, Golden State led the league in defensive rating after Butler’s arrival — even without Horford, and even with their opponents making an unsustainably high percentage of their 3-point tries.

A well-rounded roster

Golden State should also be better on the other end this season. In 2024-25, the offense hummed as long as Curry was on the floor but fell apart when he rested; lineups without Curry or Butler placed in just the 5th percentile in offensive rating, per Cleaning the Glass.

Butler stabilized those groups, though, and the Warriors ended up looking solid as long as one of those stars was on the floor.

Warriors in 2024-25

SplitNet RatingCurry on, Butler on+7.0Curry on, Butler off+5.4Curry off, Butler on+12.8Curry off, Butler off-7.0

Age and availability could get in the way of that plan. Curry has missed an average of 15 games per season since sitting out nearly all of 2019-20, while Butler hasn’t reached the 65-game threshold for NBA awards since 2018-19.

The Warriors will likely struggle once again when Curry goes to the bench in games that Butler misses. Jonathan Kuminga, who is still a Warrior for now after a protracted restricted free agency, could play an important role as the best scoring option in no-Curry, no-Butler minutes; he averaged 24.3 points on 55% shooting in the Warriors’ final four playoff games last season.

Or Kuminga could improve the team by helping to facilitate a midseason trade. Kuminga is the only Warriors player with a cap hit between $12 million and $25 million this season, meaning he’d provide the necessary matching salary to get Golden State another sizable deal at the deadline.

For now, though, it’s unclear at what position the Warriors would need to improve. As the season approaches, they’re operating with an enviable combination of star power and depth.

Five different Warriors — Curry, Butler, Green, Horford and Brandin Podziemski — rank among the top 10% most impactful players in the league on a per-possession basis, according to the advanced stat xRAPM, which blends play-by-play and on/off data. The only other teams with more than three such players are the Thunder, Rockets and Cleveland Cavaliers.

And behind that quintet, the Warriors have a mishmash of role players on the perimeter — Hield, Kuminga, Gary Payton II, Moses Moody, De’Anthony Melton — with various strengths, plus Post and Trayce Jackson-Davis to offer different looks as bigs off the bench. As Pelton notes about his projections, the Warriors “have 11 players who rate better than league average, tied with the Thunder for most of any team.”

The rest of the West

Ultimately, the Warriors’ greatest problem might not be anything about their roster specifically, but rather the context around them: The top of the West is much better than it was in 2022, when Golden State beat the injury-ravaged Nuggets, Memphis Grizzlies and Dallas Mavericks en route to the Finals.

But even with that change, there are still major concerns for every team in the conference behind Oklahoma City and Denver. Fred VanVleet’s ACL tear should lower Houston’s ceiling, perhaps by a considerable amount. Minnesota is relying on a number of rapidly aging veterans (38-year-old Mike Conley and 33-year-old Rudy Gobert) and unproven youngsters (Rob Dillingham and Terrence Shannon Jr.) to support Anthony Edwards. The Lakers have a thin rotation and a potentially disastrous defense, and they’re already dealing with a LeBron James injury. The Clippers face the same age questions as the Warriors, plus the possible ramifications of the Kawhi Leonard/Aspiration investigation.

Even the Thunder, who don’t even have any minor concerns, let alone major ones, could struggle to dispatch Golden State in a potential playoff matchup. The Warriors have consistently played this version of the Thunder tough. Over the last two seasons, Golden State is 3-4 against Oklahoma City; two of those losses came in overtime, and Curry didn’t play in the other two. Butler wasn’t on the roster for any of those contests.

The Warriors wouldn’t ever be favored to knock off the Thunder, of course, and they would need to navigate a minefield — one of talented competition and their own age hurdles — to get the chance. But it’s not an entirely unrealistic proposition, and at this stage in their competitive timeline, a chance is all the Warriors can ask for.

With James Wiseman gone and Kuminga halfway out the door, the Warriors’ “two timelines” plan has been scuttled. It’s all about the present timeline now, and maximizing Curry’s remaining opportunities to add to his trophy case.

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Austin Reaves is ready for the regular season.

The Los Angeles Lakers guard was excellent during Sunday’s 126-116 win over the Golden State Warriors in preseason action, scoring 21 points to go along with three rebounds, two assists, a steal and a block.

The only concern was Reaves leaving in the third quarter with some sort of lower-body injury, though it remains to be seen how serious it is.

Center Deandre Ayton added 14 points, eight rebounds, five assists, two steals and a block for the Lakers, while Brandin Podziemski topped the Warriors with 23 points and eight assists.

It was a more efficient outing from Bronny James, albeit mostly in the fourth quarter, as he finished with seven points while shooting 5-of-5 on free throws. He only attempted two shots from the field in 15 minutes.

But Reaves was the story, with fans enjoying his efficient (7-of-10 from the field in 23 minutes) performance:

The Lakers are going to need this version of Reaves early on, with LeBron James set to miss the start of the regular season due to sciatica.

That means players like Reaves, Ayton and Rui Hachimura will need to play a more prominent role around superstar Luka DonÄić.

As for the younger James, fans generally view the preseason as rather meaningless, and on the macro level that’s generally true. It’s the chance for teammates to get more experience playing together after roster changes in the offseason, coaches to install new schemes and plays, etc., but it isn’t a great gauge for how the upcoming season will go.

But on the individual level, it’s a chance for players at the end of the bench to prove that they perhaps they deserve a bigger role. Bronny was given 24 minutes in the team’s first preseason game and 23 minutes in the second, turning those two appearances into 13 points on just 3-of-18 shooting from the field alongside eight rebounds, five assists, a steal and a block.

He played a smaller role on Sunday and was more efficient, mostly because he got to the charity stripe, but at this point it’s hard to imagine him having any sort of role for the Lakers outside of garbage-time minutes in blowouts.

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Dating back to last season, the Warriors came into Sunday night having won eight consecutive preseason games. The streak came to an end in their 126-116 loss against the Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto.com Arena.Â

The Warriors were without multiple key contributors, including Steph Curry, Jimmy Butler, Al Horford and Moses Moody. Seth Curry missed his third straight preseason game after being a late signing to training camp, and Deâ€Anthony Melton (knee) and Alex Toohey (ankle) continue to be out from injuries.

Vying for a starting position in the backcourt, Brandin Podziemski took advantage of being a focal point of the Warriors†offense. Podziemski had nine points through the first half and then caught fire in the third, scoring 14. The Warriors then only trailed by five points going into the fourth quarter because of Podziemski’s efforts.Â

Podziemskiâ€s night was done, leaving the comeback attempt to the rest of his teammates. But Sunday night in LA belonged to Podziemski, showing how he can be a reliable scorer and playmaker, especially when the Warriors arenâ€t at full strength. Podziemski in 26 minutes scored 23 points on 10-of-16 shooting and also had five rebounds and eight assists. He was a plus-6.

Here are three takeaways from the Warriors†first loss of the preseason.

Shorthanded Starters

Down their top two players, adding Horford and Moody to the list of Warriors absences called for an interesting starting five. Coach Steve Kerr started with Podziemski, Buddy Hield, Jonathan Kuminga, Draymond Green and Quinten Post. Moody is out the rest of the preseason and will be re-evaluated in a week with what the Warriors are calling a strained calf.

“Weâ€re not too concerned about it. Itâ€s just weâ€re being careful,†Kerr told reporters in LA.

The age of the Warriors†top players already guarantees Kerr will have to be comfortable with multiple combinations and consistently tinker with who his starters are. This was the perfect opportunity for several young Warriors and role players to step up. The score was tied 13-13 when Kerr made his first substitution, bringing Gary Payton II in for Post.

Golden Stateâ€s starting five began the second half together, and came out strong trying to cut down a 17-point deficit. The Lakers†lead was cut to 10 points with the Warriors outscoring the Lakers 21-14 through the first five and a half minutes of the third quarter when Kerr brought Payton in for Post.

Kumingaâ€s Highs And Lows

Offense will have to run through Kuminga on nights that Curry and Butler are out. There were moments where he showed he can step up with more responsibility, and others where consistency continues to be a problem.

Kuminga in the first quarter twice took advantage of Dalton Knecht switching onto him in the post. He also had three assists in the first quarter. Then in the second, Kuminga went from getting his ankles crossed on defense to throwing down an explosive dunk that only he can slam left-handed with ease and authority.

Kuminga in the first half scored nine points on 4-of-6 shooting and had four assists. His fourth was a dime to Pat Spencer cutting into the paint for a layup. But Kuminga also didnâ€t have one rebound at halftime, led the Warriors with five turnovers and was a game-low minus-18.

There were highs and lows in Kumingaâ€s third game of the preseason. Kuminga played 22 minutes and scored an efficient 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting. He dominated around the rim, but missed his only 2-point shot outside the paint and badly forced one of his three 3-point attempts.

The process overall has been positive. Kuminga is keeping his eyes up and mostly has been in flow of the offense. He finished with no rebounds, six assists and five turnovers as a minus-10.

Creating Space

Between offseason additions and the development of certain players, Kerr has raved over the space these Warriors can create. He now can have an offense that plays four-out, or even five-out. When at full strength, that is.

The end of the first quarter saw a unit of Pat Spencer, Will Richard, Payton, Gui Santos and Trayce Jackson-Davis struggle to score with very little spacing. None of those five are considered threats to shoot from long distance. The start of the second quarter also was a struggle.

That group featured Podziemski, Hield, Kuminga, Santos and Jackson-Davis. Those five give Kerr one surefire 3-point threat in Hield, and a hopeful second with Podziemski. The Warriors as a team in the first half shot 19 percent from three, going 4 of 21. Payton was the only bench player to make a three, and no Warrior made multiple threes.

They also didnâ€t attempt a single free throw in the first half, while the Lakers went 13 of 15 at the line.

After making only four 3-pointers in the first half, the Warriors made three in the first two and a half minutes of the third quarter – two by Post and one from Podziemski – and five for the entire quarter. The Warriors made two more threes than the Lakers, 14 to 12, but shot a lowly 32.6 percent, which was far lower than LAâ€s 44.4 percent clip. Podziemski, Post and LJ Cryer were the only Warriors to make more than one three.

Richard (1 of 6), Santos (1 of 5) and Spencer (1 of 5) combined to go 3 of 17 on threes.

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10/17/2025 | 5 p.m.

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TURLOCK — Cal State LA’s women’s volleyball team came up clutch when it needed to once again on Saturday to overcome a stern challenge from Stanislaus State.

The Golden Eagles scored the final six points of the match to close out a 25-19, 25-18, 22-25, 25-21 California Collegiate Athletic Association victory in Fitzpatrick Arena. Cal State LA (12-3, 8-0 CCAA) stretched its winning streak to nine games and remained tied for the conference lead with Cal Poly Pomona.

The Golden Eagles trailed, 21-19 in the fourth set, but regained the serve on a Stanislaus State service error and then finished the contest behind the serving of Rebeca Marquez. A bad set tied the set, back-to-back kills by Samarah DaCoud, a kill by Ayjah Landers and another kill by DaCoud ended the match.

The nine-match winning streak is the longest for the Golden Eagles since a nine-game streak from Sept.23 – Oct. 21, 2023.Â

DaCoud led the way once again with a match-high 26 kills and 10 digs. She had another efficient match and hit .404 over the four sets. Zuhal Cetin had 12 kills, six assists and a team-high 17 digs, while Ayjah Landers had 11 kills and three blocks.

Christallynn Tate had a team-high 11 kills and four blocks for Stanislaus State (7-8, 5-3 CCAA).

McKinley Chase, Arielle Chandler and Seriah Demski combined for 46 set assists for the Golden Eagles, while Mariana Alvarado had four kills, two aces and three blocks.

Cal State LA, after hitting .500 as a team on Friday in a three-set win at UC Merced, outhit Stanislaus State, .328 – .198 on Saturday. The Golden Eagles had a 63-40 advantage in kills, while Stanislaus State had an 11-7 edge in blocks. Cal State LA had a tough time from the service line, recording five aces and 14 errors, while the Warriors had six aces and 11 errors.

Cal State LA was in control through the first two sets. The Golden Eagles jumped out to an early 8-4 lead and kept the Warriors at arm’s length the rest of the way. Kills by DaCoud and Cetin gave the Golden Eagles a 19-14 lead and a kill by Oluwatoyin Sunday and an ace by Juliana Speiski gave the Golden Eagles a 21-16 advantage. Kills by DaCoud and Landers got the Golden Eagles to set point at 24-18 and a kill by DaCoud ended the set.

The Golden Eagles trailed by as many as four points early in the second set, but took the lead for good after an 8-1 run that turned an 11-8 deficit into a 16-12 lead. The Golden Eagles scored the final three sets of the frame on two kills by Cetin and one by Speiski to take a 2-0 lead.

Cal State LA took a 16-14 lead in the third set and was tied at 22-22, but Stanislaus State fought back to win the final three points and force a fourth set.

The final set was close throughout and Cal State LA trailed 21-19 before the match-clinching 6-0 run.

Cal State LA will return to action on Friday with first place on the line in a home match against Cal Poly Pomona at 5 p.m.

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