Coming off a rough loss to the L.A. Clippers, the Los Angeles Lakers looked to get back on track on Tuesday night when they hosted the Washington Wizards at Crypto.com Arena.
On paper it appeared to be a prime opportunity for L.A. to pick up a win playing against a team that had lost 10 straight. And that’s exactly how it played out as the Lakers wound up coming away with a 111-88 victory to improve their record to 22-18.
Rui Hachimura got the scoring started for the Lakers with a dunk against his former team. Anthony Davis then went to work inside with seven early point to give L.