LOS ANGELES – So far this season, the Clippers have been a thorn in the Warriors side.

Ty Lue’s Clippers have handed the Warriors two of their three losses on the season.

On Monday night at the Intuit Dome, the Clippers shot as well from 3 as the Warriors did from the foul line. Los Angeles forced 19 turnovers and repeated their performance from their first game.

An impressive third quarter wasn’t enough to make up for a sloppy first half for the Warriors, who couldn’t send the game to overtime with two late three-point attempts. Golden State (10-3) almost came back, but ultimately fell 102-99.

Steph Curry scored a game-high 26 points, outscoring James Harden (12 points, 16 assists), but the Warriors left too many points on the board to steal a win.

The Clippers set the Warriors up for four goals in the opening five minutes, repeating their disruptive ball pressing from their first meeting. In that Warriors loss, Golden State coughed up a season-high 21 turnovers; they are 8-0 on the season when betting 15 or fewer.

Sometimes the Warriors played too fast, sometimes they misread split plays and sometimes the Clippers mirrored interior passes.

Golden State’s bench rallied from an early 12-point deficit and played with more pace and power, especially with Kyle Anderson as small-ball center. Kevon Looney didn’t make the trip due to an illness, so the Warriors needed Anderson even more than usual.

In addition to the turnovers that hurt them in the possession battle, the Warriors left points on the board from the foul line. Jonathan Kuminga missed his first three free throws, and Trayce Jackson-Davis went 0-for-2 in his first trip against ‘The Wall’, the fan section of the Intuit Dome. Wall or not, the Warriors rank last in the league in free throw percentage, shooting 9-for-19 in Monday’s game.