The Los Angeles Lakers began Luka Donu010diu0107's tenure with a win then followed it up with a loss on Wednesday, snapping a six-game winning streak and leaving them with some questions to answer.
The Utah Jazz defeated the Lakers 131-119, though the more notable number was a 54-36 points in the paint discrepancy. Swapping out Anthony Davis for Donu010diu0107 left the team short on quality big man, an issue the Mark Williams trade was supposed to address until the Lakers scrapped the trade due to medical reasons.
That left the Lakers with two rotation-worthy traditional big men entering Wednesday: Jaxson Hayes and Alex Len, the latter of whom was signed on the buyout market the day before.