The Los Angeles Lakers , for their Wednesday night preseason tilt against the Dallas Mavericks at T-Mobile Arena, were without key contributors such as Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves, and Deandre Ayton, just to name a few. LeBron James also remains out as he continues to deal with sciatica. But the Lakers need not worry, for they have Gabe Vincent — someone who always seems to step up whenever the team he's on is undermanned (or undertalented).

Vincent took on the number one option role with aplomb on Wednesday night, as he started off proceedings waxing hot from the field. Through the first five minutes of the game, he was already up to 18 points, making five of six three-point attempts and nailing all three of his shots from the charity stripe.

This scoring outburst drew a huge react

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