The Los Angeles Lakers headed to Milwaukee riding a wave of confidence despite LeBron James sitting out with sciatica. Luka Doncic had already made it clear the team needed to embrace a next-man-up approach during this stretch , and he backed up those words with another explosive performance against the Bucks.

Doncic dropped 41 points in the Lakers' 119-95 road blowout of the Bucks on Friday night. He stuffed the stat sheet with nine rebounds and six assists while shooting 5-of-11 from deep and a scorching 18-of-20 from the free-throw line. Expand Tweet

Doncic wasted no time taking control, building a massive first-half lead with Austin Reaves and DeAndre Ayton that ballooned to 31 points at one stage.

Milwaukee tried to claw back multiple times throughout the night, but Donc

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