Luka Dončić (40/9/7) and Excellent Defense Lead Lakers to 116-103 Win in Sacramento

The Lakers have played a lot of basketball in the last 10 days, and while the offense has been pretty incredible from night to night, it's not going to be there every night. Such was the case in Sacramento, where they couldn't pile up points quite as prolifically as they have (saying something, because 116 points isn't nothing), and more importantly didn't always have a ton of great flow.

But they got plenty from Luka Dončić (40 points, nine rebounds, seven assists), including an epic run of 11 straight points to close out the first half.

The Lakers got 21 from Austin Reaves, who didn't turn the ball over once. Three other Lakers were in double figures, helping them get enough on the board.

But where the Lakers really excelled Wednesday was on the defensive side of the ball. While the defensive glass was a problem, the activity was very strong, Walker Kessler was extremely disruptive inside (four of the 13 blocks the Lakers posted as a team, to go with 11 steals), and they held Sacramento under 40% from the floor. (It was the extra possessions that kept the Kings within spitting distance.

But after a sluggish first quarter, the Lakers, led by Doncic, turned up the pressure enough to get some space and were never really threatened.

Up next, Portland at home on Friday night.

HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky

SEGMENT 1: Luka keeps it rolling.

SEGMENT 2: The Lakers step up defensively.

SEGMENT 3: Winning when shots aren't falling.

PHOTO CREDIT: Ed Szczepanski-Imagn Images

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