Like a rural midwestern town witnessing the arrival of an alien spacecraft, Will Hardy and his Jazz squad were defenseless to the actions of their invaders and simply accepted the will of basketball singularities LeBron James and Luka Doncic under the lights of Crypto Arena.

And in the end, while it wasn't a performance where Luka dominated those around him as an MVP-caliber player, the new Lakers duo of Doncic and LeBron James proved too much for this young Jazz group. The pairing took home their first victory in Los Angeles, 132-113 –– Doncic finishing with 14 points, five rebounds, and four assists in his debut.

Doncic joined LeBron James, Austin Reaves, Rui Hachimura and Jaxson Hayes as starters for the streaking Lakers against the Utah Jazz. Lakers coach JJ Redick, who played alongside Dončić for 13 games in 2021 with the Dallas Mavericks,