No Luka Dončić, and the Lakers Get Hammered By Phoenix, 132-108

Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers · Dec 24, 2025 · 34m

The game was going well enough, until it didn't. Playing without Luka Dončić and Rui Hachimura, and with Austin Reaves back in the lineup but restricted in his minutes (he came off the bench), there was certainly a chance the Lakers could struggle, but man alive, once the struggle kicked in near the end of the first half, things got very ugly very fast.

Halfway through the second, the Lakers were down three. They finished the half down 11. They were outscored in the third by 16. Game set match. Final score, 132-108.

It was arguably the ugliest, most unpleasant watch of the year. The Lakers…