Take LAKERS -4.5 (-110) before LeBron is confirmed in. Even if he sits again, the Lakers have been getting buckets in their sleep. Phoenix is 14th in defensive rating despite having a really good perimeter d-man in Brooks.

Without Luka Doncic, the Lakers got back in the win column thanks to a huge game from Austin Reaves and Rui Hachimura's game-winner.

The Lakers and Raptors clash on Thursday at ScotiaBank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, with tip-off at 7:20 p.m. ET.

LeBron James returns from injury management, but is held to just 10 points as the Lakers see their seven-game winning streak end in a 125-108 loss to Phoenix.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Austin Reaves scored 38 points, Luka Doncic added 35 points and 11 assists in his third meeting with his former team, and the Lakers spoiled Anthony Davis’ return to Los Angeles with a 129-119 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night.

The Lakers will be without star Luka Doncic, who returned to his native Slovenia for the birth of his second child.

The Los Angeles Lakers are coming off a bad loss to the Phoenix Suns. The Los Angeles Lakers seemed slow and demotivated as they were crushed by a Devin Booker-less Phoenix Suns team.

Playing basketball, whether it's a casual pickup game or in the National Basketball Association, hits different when you're 18 versus when you're 40 going on 41