LeBron James went to great lengths to guard Steph Curry during the Los Angeles Lakers 117-112 win over the Golden State Warriors in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals.
Curry, 35, came into Tuesday's game on the back of a playoff career-high 50-point performance in Game 7 of the Warriors' first-round series against the Sacramento Kings two days earlier. The guard was uncharacteristically quiet early on versus the Lakers at Chase Center before breaking out in the fourth quarter as the hosts rallied.
That inactivity was partly due to the job Jarred Vanderbilt was doing on the defensive end. The Lakers' effort to guard Curry was most evident during an odd moment with 7:23 remaining in the second quarter.
