LOS ANGELES — LeBron James showed he had something left in the tank.

Unfortunately for the Los Angeles Lakers, he didn’t have much help.

James scored 23 points but the Lakers were thumped by the Golden State Warriors, 127-100, and the Western Conference semifinals were evened at 1-1 Thursday in San Francisco.

In fairness, the Lakers got what they wanted — a split of the first two games on the road — and now head back to LA for Games 3 and 4.

But they can’t be happy with the drop-off in fire and intensity in the 48 hours between games. The Lakers’ offense was dormant in almost every corner beyond a particular 38-year-old.

Anthony Davis wasn’t nearly as effective Thursday as he was in Game 1, scoring a mere 11 points. He had only one free-throw attempt in 33 minutes. Warriors center Draymond Green defended him well.

“They did a good job of crowding the paint and trying to prevent us from playing downhill,” Lakers coach Darvin Ham said. “We’ve gotta look at ways to move [Davis] around… just try to diversify his attack.”

Lakers point guard D’Angelo Russell scored a quiet 10 points, and Austin Reaves, the media darling of the Lakers’ first-round series against Memphis, had seven points on three-for-11 shooting.

Above all else, the Lakers couldn’t be happy about one thing. The Warriors’ offense was back in a big way after failing to do much in Game 1 beyond shooting a bunch of three-pointers.

Surprisingly, it wasn’t Stephen Curry doing all the damage.

Klay Thompson scored 30 points, drilling eight of 11 three-point attempts, and JaMychal Green added 15 points after getting a surprise start at center.
Green totaled only six points in the previous eight games but made up for it Thursday by making three three-pointers and filling in admirably for Kevon Looney (illness).

Curry, by the way, did just fine for the Warriors. He had 20 points and a game-high 12 assists.

The night started to slide away from the Lakers when Golden State downloaded a 41-point second quarter on the way to an 11-point halftime lead.

Then, the Lakers surrendered 43 points in the third quarter and found themselves down 30. None of their starters played in the fourth quarter.

“We’re still the best defensive team in the league, if not one of them. But you give credit where credit was due,” James said. “Steph was spectacular tonight… [JaMychal Green] was big-time for them in a starting role tonight.”

Golden State’s offense was crisp beyond belief, collecting 34 assists in three quarters.

“Offensively, they opened up the floor,” Lakers forward Rui Hachimura said. “It was hard for us to guard four shooters.”

Hachimura was an under-the-radar good note for the Lakers. He continued his solid playoff run by scoring 21 points and making four three-pointers.

The Lakers don’t have much time to think about the loss. Every game in this series is every other day. Game 3 is Saturday.

“I fully anticipate our team to respond in the right way,” Ham said.