The Golden State Warriors play the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday. The Christmas Day tipoff is at 10:30 p.m. ET. Watch the live stream below.
Golden State (23-4) started the season hot but has since cooled down, losing two of their last four games, including a 115-105 loss to a Kobe Bryant-less Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday.
"They kicked our (butts). They were much better than we were," said Warriors coach Steve Kerr, via ESPN. "We weren't ready to play. We started turning the ball over immediately. We never had any energy, which is going to happen occasionally in the NBA with 82 games."
Kerr's team will look to bounce back from their 20-turnover game against Los Angeles when they take the national stage Thursday night to play a rival.
"Playing on Christmas Day is special," Warriors veteran David Lee said. "You know it's a bigger stage than a normal regular-season game would be, and we enjoy that and we enjoy the challenge of facing a good Clippers team that we beat once this year. It's two teams that have had fun the last couple years playing against one another."
Lee's teammate, Stephen Curry, feels the same.
"You know the country is always watching the nightcap game, so you've got to play well," Curry said, via the San Jose Mercury News. "You take pride in Christmas Day games at home. You take pride for taking your home court, and you expect them to come out and play the best game they've probably played in a while. You have to expect that and step up to the challenge."
The Clippers (19-10), meanwhile, are on a two-game winning streaking heading into Thursday's contest. They've also been one of the teams linked to a number of trade rumors, reportedly pursuing - at least at one point - Josh Smith.
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