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Lakers sent clear warning on Luka Doncic after opening-night loss to Warriors

The Los Angeles Lakers looked nothing close to a contender in the west on Tuesday night in a 119-109 loss to the Golden State Warriors at the Crypto.com Arena. Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves were a well-oiled 1-2 punch, but there may as well have been no other strikes thrown by the purple and gold on opening night.

Deandre Ayton, the team’s only other double-digit scorer, couldn’t hold onto the ball and was too slow defensively to keep up with Steve Kerr’s relentlessly attacking offense. The bench was outscored 33-18. JJ Redick’s team didn’t put up much of a fight outside of Luka Doncic’s 43/12/9 and Austin Reaves’ 26/9/5.

The performance has Yahoo Sports’ Ryan Young worried that t

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