LOS ANGELES — Maybe the Lakers’ recent success prevented them from closely inspecting their process prior to Monday night’s home game against the Phoenix Suns.

Maybe it was them playing on the second night of a back-to-back, and the third time in four nights, against a physical Suns team that forces teams into mistakes.

Or maybe a combination of those factors led to the Lakers producing their least energetic performance in nearly three weeks in a 125-108 defeat that snapped their seven-game winning streak.

Because even with Luka Doncic (38 points, 11 rebounds and five assists) delivering another strong start and recording his sixth straight double-double, the Lakers (15-5) couldn’t overcome their self-inflicted mistakes in their final game before a three-game East Coast road trip that b

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