Lakers get no love

OAKLAND -- Baron Davis was blowing kisses to the crowd, never a good thing for the Lakers.

Recent history was rewritten when the Golden State Warriors ended a nine-game losing streak to the Lakers with a 108-106 victory Friday at Oracle Arena.

It was getting to the point that a Warriors-Lakers game story could be written at tipoff, assuming all the Lakers’ starters were healthy enough to walk out to center court.

The Lakers had also won 14 of their last 15 games against the Warriors, but that went askew as soon as the Lakers did in the final three minutes.

A six-point edge was erased with surprising swiftness, the capper a three-point shot by Davis with 16.8 seconds left, giving the Warriors a 108-104 lead.

Davis then showered the crowd with affection as he ran to the bench. The Warriors had dropped the Lakers, finally.

Nether Kobe Bryant nor Lamar Odom shot well, leaving Andrew Bynum to do most of the high-percentage scoring after he managed to not get ejected while collecting 17 points and 16 rebounds. He made eight of 10 shots, including a swooping third-quarter dunk in which he towered above everybody as he went through the lane.

But Bryant had 21 points on a morbid six-for-23 shooting and Odom had 18 points on eight-for-20 shooting.

Bryant was further slowed after sustaining a slight tear in his left quadriceps while spinning along the baseline midway through the fourth quarter. He said he would play Sunday against the Clippers, but said his injury “felt like I was shot.”

Not a good night for the Lakers, in many ways.

Had they been able to pull off the victory, a palatable early-season record was attainable with a designated home game Sunday against the Clippers (9-13), followed by a four-game trip against teams with losing records -- Chicago (8-13), Cleveland (10-13), Philadelphia (9-14) and New York (6-16).

The Lakers (13-9) also failed to make Coach Phil Jackson a happy camper. Earlier this week, he said there needed to be improvement in back-to-back situations, pointing out that the Phoenix Suns have been so successful in part because of their ability to stay fresh and focused whenever two consecutive nights of basketball appeared on their schedule.

The Lakers had been 2-2 in the second game of back-to-back sets, including bad losses to Milwaukee and to a short-handed Utah team.

Now they’re 2-3, even when it looked like they’d be 3-2.

“It was our game to win,” Jackson said.

Stephen Jackson’s reverse layup tied the score at 103-103 with 1:54 to play and then Warriors center Andris Biedrins scored on a tip-in.

Odom cost the Lakers with a clumsy effort. He had the ball knocked away on a half-hearted drive, recovered it and hoisted an off-balance shot with 39.1 seconds left. It missed badly, glancing awkwardly off the backboard.

The Warriors almost let the Lakers back into it when Odom made a layup and was fouled by Al Harrington with 6.1 left. The Warriors had a 108-106 lead at the time.

Odom missed the free throw and appeared to have a chance at the rebound, but Monta Ellis plucked the ball from Odom’s fingertips and threw it down to Davis at the other end.

“I had it,” Odom said. “Monta Ellis -- Speedy Gonzales -- was quick on that.”

The Lakers appeared to make key stops when necessary, including Derek Fisher’s effort with the Lakers clinging to a four-point edge. Fisher broke up a Warriors’ three-on-one break by stealing the ball from Jackson, firing it down the other way to Bryant, who found Odom cutting for a layup and a 98-92 Lakers lead with 5:46 to play.

Had the Lakers won, Warriors fans could have pointed to a discrepancy in fouls -- the Lakers were called for 17, the Warriors 28 -- and free throws. The Lakers made 28 of 37 from the line, the Warriors 16 of 20.

But Golden State made 12 of 25 three-point tries, five of eight by Davis, who led the Warriors with 22 points.

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mike.bresnahan@latimes.com