Waiters has been suspended by the Heat for their season opener against Memphis on Wednesday night for what was described as ''conduct detrimental to the team.''
Analysis: ''There were a number of unacceptable incidents this week, culminating with his unprofessional conduct on the bench last night,'' Heat President Pat Riley said in a statement Saturday night. ''As a consequence, I feel we had to suspend him.'' Waiters missed 126 of a possible 246 games over the last three years, largely because of ankle injuries and a subsequent surgery on his foot and ankle. He averaged 12.0 points last season in 44 games.
Kuzma is out for Tuesday's season opener against the Clippers as he's still recovering from a stress reaction in his left foot sustained in mid-August.
Analysis: Kuzma finished second on the Lakers last season with 18.7 points per game while adding 5.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists.
Stephen Curry scored 32 points Friday on 9-of-20 shooting as the Golden State Warriors topped the Los Angeles Lakers 124-103. Curry pulled down one rebound and had six assists, accumulating a plus-minus of +10 in his 32:48 of playing time. He added one block. Curry went 6 of 15 from behind the arc.
Draymond Green scored nine points Friday, going 4 of 12 from the field, as the Golden State Warriors topped the Los Angeles Lakers 124-103. Green grabbed 12 rebounds and dished out three assists, accumulating a plus-minus of +3 in his 31:25 on the floor. He added one block and three steals. Green went 1 of 2 from behind the arc.
Juan Toscano-Anderson went scoreless Friday as the Golden State Warriors defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 124-103. Toscano-Anderson pulled down two rebounds and did not have an assist, tallying a plus-minus of -2 in his 3:39 of playing time.
Damion Lee scored four points Friday, going 1 of 3 from the field, as the Golden State Warriors topped the Los Angeles Lakers 124-103. Lee grabbed one rebound and added an assist, accumulating a plus-minus of +20 in his 13:32 on the floor. He tacked on one steal.
Glenn Robinson III scored 13 points Friday, going 3 of 6 from the field, as the Golden State Warriors defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 124-103. Robinson III pulled down six rebounds and did not have an assist, tallying a plus-minus of +7 in his 24:49 of playing time. He added two steals. Robinson III went 3 of 5 from behind the arc.
Andrew Harrison scored one point Friday on 0-of-1 shooting as the Golden State Warriors topped the Los Angeles Lakers 124-103. Harrison did not grab a rebound but dished out two assists, tallying a plus-minus of -2 in his 3:39 on the floor.
D'Angelo Russell scored 29 points Friday, going 9 of 19 from the field, as the Golden State Warriors defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 124-103. Russell pulled down three rebounds and dished out three assists, accumulating a plus-minus of +2 in his 28:28 on the floor. He added two steals. Russell went 6 of 11 from 3-point range.
Eric Paschall scored 11 points Friday on 3-of-6 shooting as the Golden State Warriors topped the Los Angeles Lakers 124-103. Paschall pulled down seven rebounds and dished out two assists, tallying a plus-minus of +23 in his 19:47 on the floor.
Marquese Chriss scored nine points Friday, going 3 of 6 from the field, as the Golden State Warriors defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 124-103. Chriss grabbed seven rebounds and had five assists, accumulating a plus-minus of +6 in his 21:57 of playing time. He added three steals.
Jacob Evans III scored two points Friday, going 0 of 4 from the field, as the Golden State Warriors defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 124-103. Evans III grabbed five rebounds and added an assist, accumulating a plus-minus of +14 in his 15:55 of playing time. He added two blocks and two steals.
Ky Bowman did not score Friday as the Golden State Warriors topped the Los Angeles Lakers 124-103. Bowman pulled down two rebounds and did not have an assist, tallying a plus-minus of -2 in his 3:39 on the floor. He tacked on one steal.
Omari Spellman scored two points Friday on 1-of-6 shooting as the Golden State Warriors defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 124-103. Spellman pulled down nine rebounds and added an assist, tallying a plus-minus of +13 in his 17:24 on the floor. He added one block.
Kavion Pippen scored four points Friday on 2-of-3 shooting as the Golden State Warriors defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 124-103. Pippen did not grab a rebound nor have an assist, accumulating a plus-minus of -2 in his 3:39 on the floor. He added one block and one steal.
Jordan Poole scored eight points Friday on 3-of-7 shooting as the Golden State Warriors topped the Los Angeles Lakers 124-103. Poole pulled down one rebound and did not have an assist, accumulating a plus-minus of +15 in his 19:19 on the floor. Poole went 2 of 5 from 3-point range.
Devontae Cacok scored 16 points Friday on 6-of-9 shooting as the Los Angeles Lakers fell to the Golden State Warriors 124-103. Cacok grabbed 10 rebounds and dished out four assists, accumulating a plus-minus of +6 in his 35:27 of playing time. He added one block.
Kostas Antetokounmpo scored seven points Friday, going 1 of 7 from the field, as the Los Angeles Lakers fell to the Golden State Warriors 124-103. Antetokounmpo grabbed six rebounds and dished out two assists, tallying a plus-minus of -23 in his 27:16 of playing time. He added five blocks.
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