Lendeborg scored a career-high 37 and the Warriors beat the Clippers without Curry and Green

Rookie Yaxel Lendeborg scored a career-high 37 points and dished out six assists as the Golden State Warriors beat the Los Angeles Clippers 124-112 on Sunday night.

Golden State rested Stephen Curry and Draymond Green, and still won the game by 12 against a team that has now lost five straight.

Lendeborg shot 13-of-19 from the field and 6-of-11 from 3-point range, and his scoring was the most by a Warriors rookie in a game in years.

The Clippers are 1-5 and 0-4 on the road.

Golden State's win came on the first night of a back-to-back, with a rotation that looked nothing like the one that started the season.

The Warriors are 4-3 and have now won a game in which neither of their two veteran leaders played.

Golden State's 124 points were its second-highest total of the season.

The Warriors' next game is on the road.

The night was the fourth time Lendeborg has scored 20 or more in his first seven games.

He scored five straight midway through the third quarter to give Golden State its biggest lead to that point at 83-68.

With two 30-point games in his first seven, he joined Wilt Chamberlain and Rick Barry as the only Warriors to do that.

He was also coming off a rough outing against the Lakers in which he fouled out, which makes the response more notable.

Lendeborg's shot chart was the story of his night: 13-of-19 overall, 6-of-11 from three, and almost no mid-range attempts.

The Clippers switched smaller defenders onto him in the second half, and he answered by shooting over the top.

Brandon Williams scored 17 points off the bench, and the Golden State reserves contributed 40 points in all.

That is the number that decided the game. With Curry and Green out, the Warriors needed the second unit to outscore the Clippers' bench.

Georges Niang and De'Anthony Melton filled the playmaking minutes, and the Warriors kept their pace without their primary ball handler.

The Clippers' bench was thinner, and their offense stalled whenever the starters sat.

The Warriors' bench advantage was the number that decided the game. Golden State's reserves outscored the Clippers' bench.

Niang's plus-minus in the second half was the best on the team, and Melton handled the ball in the minutes when the offense could have stalled.

Rui Hachimura scored 24 points and Kobe Sanders added 16 off the bench for Los Angeles.

The Clippers scored 37 in the first quarter and led early, but they were outscored in each of the next three.

Los Angeles is now 0-4 on the road and has lost five in a row since winning its opener.

The defensive problems are the same ones that have followed the team all season: too many open 3-pointers and not enough rim protection.

Los Angeles has now lost five straight and is 0-4 on the road, and the pattern in those losses has been the same: slow starts after halftime.

Hachimura's 24 points were the only consistent offense, and the Clippers' guards could not create against Golden State's switching.

The Clippers' first quarter was their best of the night, and it is why the game was close for 12 minutes.

After that, Golden State's defense settled and Los Angeles could not find a second option.

The Warriors' decision to rest Curry and Green on the first night of a back-to-back was a bet on depth.

It worked because the rookie and the bench produced, and because the Clippers could not punish a smaller Golden State lineup.

Golden State is 4-3 and has won the games in which its stars did not play, which is unusual for a team built around two veterans.

The Clippers are 1-5, and the schedule does not offer an easy reset.

The Warriors' depth is now a genuine advantage rather than a talking point, and the coaching staff has evidence to rest veterans more often.

The Clippers' season is at the point where the question is not the roster but the defense.

Golden State's next three games are against playoff teams from last season.

The Clippers' next game is a home game against a team above five hundred.

The larger point is about how quickly a rookie can change a team's floor. Lendeborg's scoring has made Golden State's bench a real advantage.

The Clippers' problem is different and older. A team that cannot defend the 3-point line will keep losing games in which the other side shoots well.

The Warriors' next game is against a better defensive team, which will test whether the rookie's shot selection holds up.

The Clippers' next game is at home, where they have been better but not good.

The next test for Golden State is whether the rookie's shot selection survives a better defense.

The Clippers' next game is at home, where they have been better but still below five hundred.

The Warriors' depth is now a real advantage, and it will be tested by the schedule.