Lakers And Warriors Starting Lineups

The Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors will face off on Saturday night.

On Saturday evening, the Golden State Warriors will host the Los Angeles Lakers at the Chase Center in San Francisco, California, for each team's first preseason game. 

For the game, the starting lineups have been announced (h/t Anthony Slater of The Athletic). 

Via Slater: "Starters for the preseason opener tonight 

Warriors 

Steph Curry 

Chris Paul 

Klay Thompson 

Andrew Wiggins 

Kevon Looney 

Lakers 

D’Angelo Russell 

Gabe Vincent 

Rui Hachimura 

Jarred Vanderbilt 

Anthony Davis"

Starters for the preseason opener tonight

Warriors

Steph Curry
Chris Paul
Klay Thompson
Andrew Wiggins
Kevon Looney

Lakers

D’Angelo Russell
Gabe Vincent
Rui Hachimura
Jarred Vanderbilt
Anthony Davis

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) October 7, 2023

For the game, the Lakers will be without their best player LeBron James. 

LeBron rules himself out of Lakers' preseason opener vs. Warriors. https://t.co/drnH8C94Vo pic.twitter.com/NbO0mC0az9

— theScore (@theScore) October 6, 2023

They are coming off a season where they were the seventh seed in the Western Conference with a 43-39 record. 

After defeating the Minnesota Timberwolves in the play-in tournament, the Lakers beat the Memphis Grizzlies and Warriors in the first two rounds of the NBA playoffs but lost to the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals. 

They will play their first game of the regular season on October 24 when they visit Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado.

Purple & Gold squad. We here. pic.twitter.com/0DySYvtVi9

— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) October 7, 2023

Meanwhile, this will be the first time the Warriors get a chance to try out their new lineup with future Hall of Famer Chris Paul. 

Warriors debut for CP 🔜 pic.twitter.com/V2nvyFEZjZ

— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) October 7, 2023

They are coming off a year where they were the sixth seed in the west with a 44-38 record. 

After beating the Sacramento Kings in the first round of the playoffs, they lost to the Lakers in the second round. 

On October 24, the Warriors will play their first regular season game when they face off against Kevin Durant and the Phoenix Suns (at home in San Francisco).