The Lakers got whatever they wanted against the Warriors defense, so much so that they were in utter shock when they didn't capitalize.

Golden State allowed Los Angeles to shoot 51.6 percent, including 10-for-22 from 3-point range, as the Lakers set a season high point total.

"I don't even know how many they hit," forward Brandan Wright said of the Lakers' 3-pointers. "They hit a lot. That was the difference. ... We just left people wide open. That's what really cost us the game."

Golden State (9-23) negated a solid offensive performance with its charitable defense. The Warriors shot 49.4 percent from the field their highest since shooting 50.6 percent at Oklahoma City on Dec. 8 despite swingman Stephen Jackson going 3-for-9 with nine points.

After missing two games with a left groin strain, guard Jamal Crawford returned to score 22 points on 7-for-12 shooting with five assists. Wright, guard Marco Belinelli and point guard C.J. Watson each had 14 points. But the Warriors offense paled in comparison to the Lakers.

It was hard to tell which hurt the Warriors worse: Kobe Bryant's 31 points on 15 shots in 31 minutes, former Warriors guard Derek Fisher's 19 points on 9-for-12 shooting or Vujacic's 17 points, 12 from behind the arc.

As many expected Boston to do Friday in Oakland, the Lakers put the lingering Warriors away at seemingly the flip of a switch. Bryant scored the first two baskets of the second half, a floater in the lane and a 3-pointer in transition, to turn the Warriors' seven-point deficit into a 70-58 hole. The Warriors never got to within single digits again.

Bryant put the game away for good at the end of the third quarter. He nailed a 3-pointer with 55.2 seconds left, giving the Lakers a 16-point lead.

After a jumper by Warriors swingman Kelenna Azubuike, who had 12 points off the bench, Bryant killed any chance of the Warriors getting momentum by stealing the ball from Azubuike and finding forward Lamar Odom for another wide-open 3-pointer that he nailed.

That sent the Warriors into the final period down 102-85. The Lakers made 14-of-22 from the field (63.6 percent) in the third quarter, including four 3-pointers.

"Our defense wasn't even close to what we played against Boston," said Jackson, who had five turnovers and five assists. "And it definitely showed. They hit shots. Their guys who weren't supposed to hit 15, 16 points got it on us. ... We didn't approach the game the same way we approached the Boston game. We had way more intensity (vs. Boston). We were up for the game. We weren't up for this game like we were for (Friday's)."

Despite the blowout loss, the Warriors' eighth defeat of at least 15 points this season, those in the locker room are feeling good about their recent progress. If the Warriors manage a win tonight against visiting Toronto, they'd be 3-3 over their past six games, which they haven't done since mid-November.

"It's not a step back," Crawford said of Sunday's loss, in which he had five assists and three turnovers. "We just keep getting better. We played the two best teams in the NBA. We beat one, we lost to one. If you would've told me coming into it that we'd split those two, I'd say 'OK.'"?"