If anyone thought the Lakers wouldn’t miss LeBron James all that much, the team’s performance in the season-opener certainly killed that theory.

The Lakers played poorly in all phases of the game against the Warriors. Offensively, they had long stretches where they just couldn’t put the ball in the basket.

While one of the clearest examples of their offensive woes was the third quarter start, where only Luka Dončić could score, head coach JJ Redick mentioned a moment in the first half when he wished LeBron was on the floor.

“It’s hard to forget about LeBron,” Redick said after the loss. “The reality is, when you’re focused on the group that you have, you got to make that group work. Sometimes you can just be like, ‘Oh! Oh my God! We’re going to get LeBron back at some point.’ Like it’s

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