Steph Curry, Warriors Held Players-Only Meeting Before Loss to LeBron James, Lakers

Before falling to the Los Angeles Lakers on Christmas Day, star point guard Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors reportedly attempted to address their recent inconsistencies.

Per Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN, the Warriors held a pregame players-only meeting, during which Curry spoke to the team before the thrilling matchup. Golden State lost 115-113 after Los Angeles guard Austin Reaves' game-winning layup with 1.7 seconds left in regulation.

The Warriors were one of the hottest teams in the NBA after their 12-3 start, but things quickly fell apart. Golden State has now lost 11 of its last 14 games to fall to 15-14, ranking second-to-last in the Pacific Division and 10th in the Western Conference. The team's recent struggles prompted the players to come together to try to figure out a solution.

"It is an inflection point on obviously which direction our season can go," Curry said after the game. "Our last 14 games, it's just been tough trying to find any type of momentum or consistency, and through that, you just can't lose spirit and belief that we're a good enough team to figure it out because this league is ruthless."

He continued, "This league changes from window to window of what you can fall back on, and when you dig yourself a hole like that, sometimes it can be hard to pull out of. So, we're right in that window where we can still regain some momentum however many weeks before the [All-Star] break are pivotal or else [we are] in a situation where we're chasing down the stretch. And nobody wants to be there."

Curry did his best to drag the Warriors out of their funk, scoring a Christmas Day career-high 38 points on 14-of-24 shooting and 8-of-15 from three-point range. Eight of his points came in the final 25.7 seconds before Reaves' layup propelled the Lakers to victory in a frantic finish.

Golden State head coach Steve Kerr said the team would consider resting Curry at some point over the next two games to manage bilateral tendinitis in his knees. The Warriors will visit the Los Angeles Clippers at Intuit Dome on Friday before returning home to face the Phoenix Suns on Saturday.