LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Luka Doncic had the ball in his hands with a chance to win the game for the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night, the Slovenian scoring machine passed. That's not what anybody around the Lakers wanted or expected from the NBA's leading scorer — not even LeBron James,

The Magic were without Jalen Suggs for a third straight game when they met the Lakers in Los Angeles late Tuesday night. Orlando hosts Houston on Thursday.

TOP PERFORMERS: Collin Gillespie is shooting 43.1% and averaging 13.4 points for the Suns. Royce O'Neale is averaging 2.6 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games. Doncic is averaging 32.5 points, 7.8 rebounds and 8.6 assists for the Lakers. James is averaging 18.8 points and 7.5 assists over the past 10 games.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wendell Carter Jr. made a go-ahead putback with 6.7 seconds to play, Paolo Banchero scored 36 points and the Orlando Magic finished a strong West Coast trip with a 110-109 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night.

Latest reports on Giannis Antetokounmpo's future with the Milwaukee Bucks signals good news for the Lakers as they pursue the star big man.

He is so bad defensively that it’s laughable,” popular NBA reporter Zach Lowe said about Luka Doncic in April last year. Months later, that narrative around the new face of the Los Angeles Lakers, who are 34-22 this season,

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