Jaxson Hayes, suddenly a critical part of the Lakers’ plans, exited because of a facial contusion after only seven minutes. The injury forced the Lakers to lean on new center Alex Len, who struggled on both ends of the court in his first game after signing Tuesday for the remainder of the season and finished with just four points.

Playing without several of their energy providers, the Lakers get abused in the paint and outhustled in a 131-119 loss that ends their six-game winning streak. Luka Doncic has 16 points and five

Lakers vs Knicks Game Highlights The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the New York Knicks, 128-112. Los Angeles Lakers Top Performers LeBron James – 33 points, 11 rebounds, 12 assist

Los Angeles Lakers superstar Luka Doncic is known for many things on the basketball court, both positive and negative. While Doncic is an undeniably great offensive player, his defense has always been suspect in part because of his tendency to argue calls with refs instead of getting back on defense right away.

The second game of Luka Doncic’s Los Angeles Lakers tenure is in the books. For the second straight matchup, the Slovenian guard was in the starting lineup to face the Utah Jazz. While his Lakers debut provided plenty of positive moments for Los Angeles fans, Wednesday night’s game seemed like the opposite.

Luka Doncic got multiple standing ovations from a Los Angeles crowd wearing thousands of gold T-shirts with his name and No. 77.