After dropping their first preseason game to the Golden State Warriors on Saturday in San Francisco, the Lakers will travel to Las Vegas where they will play their second exhibition match against the Brooklyn Nets on Monday. It’s another opportunity for us to learn more about this Lakers team before the regular season commences in exactly two weeks.
At the risk of overreacting to Saturday’s loss, there were a couple of key takeaways from the Lakers’ first preseason game. For one, we were reminded that Anthony Davis is still very much the dominant player that he's always been after tallying 15 points (including two three-pointers) and five rebounds in 12 minutes.