The Los Angeles Lakers were always going to need to be eased into the 2025-26 season considering how many new pieces they were going to have to integrate around Luka Doncic. Making matters worse is the fact that LeBron James is out indefinitely with a back injury — making it very difficult for the Lakers to start the season off on an ideal note.

The Lakers, in their opening night tussle against the Golden State Warriors, did show plenty of fight. Doncic, as per usual, was phenomenal , ending up with 43 points, nine rebounds, and 12 assists as he was the only one whom the Lakers could rely upon to generate offense consistently for most of the night. But it wasn't enough, as the Warriors shut them down in the third quarter and the Purple and Gold could not recover en route to a 119-10

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