The Los Angeles Lakers went into Sunday night losers of four of their last five, looking to get back on track against a Utah Jazz team that has been struggling.
The Lakers were severely short-handed in this one as Austin Reaves, D’Angelo Russell, Cam Reddish and Jaxson Hayes were all out. Other guys stepped up though, as did their stars, to hang on for a 105-104 win.
With so many guards out, Gabe Vincent got the start for the Lakers and made his first shot. It was a slow start offensively for both teams but the Lakers were able to get out in transition with LeBron James finding Rui Hachimura and Dalton Knecht for dunks and then finishing a layup of his own.