Overview
- Los Angeles led 65-34 at halftime and closed a 119-95 win, with Austin Reaves adding 25 and Deandre Ayton 20 and 10 as the Lakers shot 49% from the field and 91% at the line.
- The five-game trip ended 3-2, pushing the Lakers to 10-4, and they now return home to face the Jazz on Tuesday.
- Doncic recorded his fourth 40-point game of the season and currently leads the league at 34.4 points per game, per team and league reporting.
- Ayton’s fit continued to click—another double-double, growing pick-and-roll chemistry cited by JJ Redick, and an emphatic postgame expression of how thrilled he is to be in Los Angeles.
- LeBron James remains out with sciatica; reporters say he completed full-contact 5-on-5 with the South Bay Lakers and is expected to rejoin team practice Monday, with a possible return as soon as Tuesday.