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The Warriors were sloppy early, heated up later, buckled late but never broke.

And their veterans never looked too old or too slow.

That was plenty for Golden State to lay a 119-109 lashing on the Los Angeles Lakers in the season opener Tuesday night at Crypto.com Arena.

Four Warriors scored in double figures, led by 31 points from Jimmy Butler III . Stephen Curry finished with 23, while Jonathan Kuminga and Buddy Hield each tallied 17.

Leading throughout the second half by as much as 17, the Warriors were threatened by a late LA rally that trimmed with margin to as little as six (105-99, 3:59 remaining) but managed to hang on behind Butler and Curry.

Luka Dončić scored a game-high 43 points, adding 12 rebounds and nine assists.

Here are three observations from th

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