Did the Lakers lose or did the Warriors win on opening night?

Golden State took over in the second half and cruised to victory, but how much of that was the Warriors’ dominance versus the Lakers’ follies?

After all, the Lakers had 19 turnovers, shot 25% from 3-point range and fell apart to start the third quarter. Maybe all they needed to do to win was just take care of the basketball and shoot from deep at an average rate.

After the game, head coach JJ Redick talked about the self-inflicted errors being a key factor in the loss.

“I think [the mistakes are] mostly self-inflicted,” Redick said. “I think if you look at this game, like a microcosm of this game was we did enough good things to put ourselves in a position to win for most of the game and then when we didn’t do those things,

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