Lakers Skid Put at Four : Pro basketball: They lose to the Warriors, 116-100, as part of their longest losing streak in four seasons.

Things got so bad for the Lakers that Coach Mike Dunleavy took the court.

He wandered out onto the floor while protesting a call and drew a technical foul for his trouble.

More help than that was required. Already undermanned, the Lakers lost Sam Perkins because of a sore knee before the game, still erased a 14-point deficit during the third quarter but faded during the fourth Monday night and lost, 116-100, to the Warriors.

The Lakers have now lost four consecutive games, their longest losing streak in four seasons.

“It’s tough,” Dunleavy said. “You can only get on the players so much. You can only challenge them so much.

“Everybody talks about it. Everybody points at the excuses: ‘Oh, Sam Perkins is out, we can’t win.’ But we still had a chance to win this game.

“I can’t get in their heads, whether they thought we could win. James (Worthy) obviously did. He tried to take the game over in the first quarter.”

The Warriors had a 14-point lead at halftime but then missed 14 of 15 shots. At one point, Chris Mullin and Tim Hardaway were shooting a combined 15 for 48.

As they did in losing to the Bullets and Celtics, the Lakers rallied once more, tying the score at 69 with 4:07 to play in the quarter.

They then went 3:38 without a basket, and the opportunity slipped away.

The Lakers weren’t in good shape to start with. And it was going to get worse before it got better.

“It’s tough,” Dunleavy said before the game. “We had success Sunday against the Bullets with a motion offense, but that’s tailor-made for this team to get out and run on you. If we do that, they could score 140 points.

“The way you beat this team is with a power game. Post up, make them double-team and make shots. The formula’s easy. It’s putting it together that’s hard.”

And Dunleavy wouldn’t learn that he would lose Perkins, his best post-up threat, for another half hour. That left the Lakers with Plan B.

This was to go to Worthy for all they were worth. Worthy scored 11 points during the first quarter, but all that did was keep the Lakers within hailing distance.

They trailed, 28-26, when Elden Campbell blocked Mario Elie’s shot in the closing seconds of the period, then threw the outlet to Dunleavy on the sideline.

With a last shot, Mullin made a driving layup and the Warriors led, 30-26.

Then they kicked up the pace and the Lakers fell away.

The Warriors led, 62-51, in the closing seconds of the half when Sedale Threatt tripped and lost the ball out of bounds. The Warriors in-bounded it to rookie Billy Owens, who whirled, dribbled and banked in a 40-footer as time expired.

But the Warriors were one for 14 to start the third quarter and Terry Teagle’s 20-footer tied the score.

But the Lakers never got the lead. They were called for illegal defense and Mullin made the technical free throw. Mullin missed a three-pointer, but the 6-foot Hardaway rebounded it. The Warriors then went on a 14-7 run.

The Lakers are now 19-19 since the day Vlade Divac underwent surgery.

Are they discouraged?

“Yeah, I think so,” Sedale Threatt said, with an ice pack wrapped to his bruised left shoulder.

“We’re just undermanned. We were missing a big piece with Sam. That makes it kind of tough.”

They’ll try it again Wednesday at the Sports Arena in the newly-invigorated city series, against the resurgent Clippers. For the Lakers, bad news is everywhere they look.

Notes

Sam Perkins is being listed as day-to-day. The Lakers hope he can play Wednesday against the Clippers. . . . The Warriors are being out-rebounded by three a game--but hammered the Lakers on the boards, 58-48.