Warriors Lindy Waters III buried a 3-pointer at the buzzer to send the Clippers’ home with a loss. They play their second preseason game Tuesday at the new Frontwave Arena in Oceanside, home of their G League team. “We have a long way to go,” Harden said in a televised postgame interview. “It’s a process. But we’re going to get better at it.”

Both teams struggled from behind the 3-point arc, but the Warriors’ defense was slightly more tuned than that of the Clippers while they played at full-strength. When the game was on the line, both teams had their non-rostered and two-way players on the court.