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Warriors pay a visit to Lakers

Dec 23, 2014 - 3:27 PM (SportsNetwork.com) - The Golden State Warriors have started another winning streak and they'll try to pad it Tuesday night when they head to Staples Center to face the Los Angeles Lakers.

The Warriors are already 15 1/2 games ahead of the Lakers in the Pacific Division. After their 16-game winning streak was halted by Memphis Grizzlies one week ago, the Warriors defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder and Sacramento Kings at home.

On Monday, Golden State squashed the Kings, 128-108, at Oracle Arena.

Klay Thompson led the way with 25 points, but the Warriors' second-leading scorer on Monday was a bit of a shocker.

Justin Holiday, a seldom-used guard, had a career-high 18 points.

"He had a great preseason," Warriors coach Steve Kerr said of Holiday. "We really think he can play, we just haven't been able to get him in."

Festus Ezeli posted a career-high 15 points with eight rebounds and Stephen Curry checked in with 12 points and 11 assists for Golden State. Andre Iguodala and Marreese Speights both had 12 in the win.

Golden State forward David Lee, who reinjured his left hamstring on Nov. 5 in the only game he has played this season, returned to score six points with seven rebounds

The Warriors' bench scored a season-high 62 points and all 13 Warriors who played scored at least two points. Golden State, which is a league-best 13-2 on the road, shot 63.8 percent from the floor.

The Lakers have lost three straight and their most recent setback, a 108-101 road loss to the Sacramento Kings on Sunday, brought about questions about Kobe Bryant.

The future Hall of Famer scored 25 points versus Sacramento, but went 8-for-30 from the floor. Lakers coach Byron Scott indicated after the game he might have to sit his 36-year-old superstar.

Nick Young led the Lakers with 26 points. Ed Davis was the only other Lakers player in double figures with 10.

"I think when we don't get stops that's tough," Lakers guard Jeremy Lin said. "We just need to make sure we are focused in the defensive end."

Carlos Boozer's floater cut the deficit to 83-82 early in the fourth and ended a span of 8:36 without a Los Angeles field goal. Young drained consecutive treys and hit a free throw to give the Lakers an 89-83 lead with 8:03 remaining.

The Kings had an answer, however, scoring 16 of the next 18 points.

The Lakers visit the Chicago Bulls on Christmas Day.

The Warriors have won both meetings this season against the Lakers and four straight in the series. Golden State has taken two straight as the visitor in this series, but LA is 20-3 in its last 23 at home.