An NBA scout told Dave McMenamin of ESPN that LeBron James, Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves “are playing well above their defensive standards.”The Los Angeles Lakers have one of the best defenses in the NBA.

Luka Doncic sat out the Los Angeles Lakers' 131-126 loss at Denver on Friday night, cheering on his scrappy, short-handed teammates who nearly pulled off a shocker without four starters. Doncic joined LeBron James on the Lakers' lengthy list of unavailable players after scoring 45 points a night earlier in a loss at Milwaukee.

Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves are sitting out with sprained right ankles when the Lakers host the Milwaukee Bucks in Los Angeles’ sixth game in eight days