SAN FRANCISCO — The Warriors were supposed to make their preseason finale a dress rehearsal game, but their plans got nixed when Steph Curry sprained his right index finger, sidelining him out of precaution.

It wouldn’t have been much of a true test, anyway. The Lakers, on the second night of a bizarre preseason back-to-back, sat just about every notable player. LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Rui Hachimura, Dalton Knecht, D’Angelo Russell and Austin Reaves each didn’t play, making the game more like varsity-versus-JV than even an exhibition.

Against the Lakers’ skeleton crew, Golden State skated to a 132-74 victory to cap a perfect 6-0 preseason. They’re the only team in the NBA to go undefeated in the preseason.

To beat Los Angeles, the Warriors shot 58.3% and posted a 21:5 assist-to-turnover ratio in the first half before completely running the Lakers out of Chase Center. Jonathan Kuminga scored a team-high 17 points and six Warriors registered double digits. Bronny James, in a starting role for the Lakers, scored 17 points on 7-for-17 shooting.

The next time the Warriors play a game, it’ll be in Portland for their season opener next Wednesday.

“We’ve had a great preseason,” Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said postgame. “We’ve had a lot of competition, we’ve had every guy coming in in good shape. Playing hard, playing well, playing together. Tonight, obviously, was not a fair fight given the Lakers sat all their guys. But it didn’t take away from how we played, how hard we played. I’m really pleased with our progress to this point, and it’ll be fun to get started for real.”

The Warriors blitzed Los Angeles from the start. They started the same jumbo-sized lineup as they did in Las Vegas against the Lakers, only with De’Anthony Melton in Curry’s spot. That group hit seven of its first nine shots, with almost everything coming in the paint.

Aside from a couple defensive hiccups from Jonathan Kuminga, the unit dominated like they should. Then the bench came in after seven minutes and scored 13 unanswered points, pushing the pace and draining a pair of 3s.

Brandin Podziemski, in his first game since breaking his nose, scored 10 points in his first six minutes. He canned a pair of triples, one off an excellent extra pass from Buddy Hield, and got rewarded for well-timed backdoor cuts.

Podziemski has played in a protective mask before, when he broke his nose in college at Santa Clara, but there was still a bit of an adjustment period for him with the translucent mask.

“It’s terrible,” Podziemski said postgame. “I hate it. There was a play where I inbounded the ball and came off a screen by our bench in the first quarter, and I looked up to shoot but all I saw was the mask, so I didn’t shoot it.”

On the defensive end, though, Podziemski said he feels like he can get his nose into more plays. He took two charges against the Lakers and the mask came in handy when he got pushed forehead-first into the broadcast booth.

In the opening quarter in which Golden State won, 36-18, Moses Moody didn’t get off the bench. Although the dress rehearsal got canceled, him being the 11th Warrior to touch the court is noteworthy. The Warriors have 13 players for 10 rotation spots, and Steve Kerr has several tough conversations to have.

Moody, the team’s leading preseason scorer, has had a tremendous offseason, and has earned playing time on merit, but still could get squeezed out of the crowded rotation.

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Kuminga, who is entering his fourth year like Moody, was featured more in the half court than in recent preseason games. On one play, he hit a face-up 15-footer. Soon after, he posted up his man from near the 3-point line, backing his way under the basket for a reverse layup.

The Warriors led the Lakers by double digits the entire night, taking a 66-40 advantage into halftime and pushing it to 42 to end the third quarter off a flurry from Hield (14 points in 15 minutes) and a fast-break dunk from Podziemski.

Moody started the second half in place of Draymond Green, who was only scheduled to play the first half. Green was effective in his 16 minutes, dishing five assists and drawing a charge. He earned the chance to sit and watch his teammates’ onslaught.

The fourth quarter devolved into something only resembling basketball. Players walked during plays and chucked 3s. A Laker dribbled a handoff off his leg and out of bounds. Pat Spencer led the reserves with a dunk and a trio of assists, pushing the lead over 50.

Friday’s game was a complete throwaway. The score didn’t indicate anything. An undefeated preseason probably doesn’t mean much at all, either.

But winning can’t hurt.

“Hell yeah,” Podziemski said when asked if an undefeated preseason means anything. “As a competitor, you want to win everything, no matter if it counts or it doesn’t. You want to play your best, show the coaching staff what you can do from year-to-year. But it definitely means something.”