"I thought our guys conviction to execute a game plan and stick to a game plan was excellent," JJ Redick says. Redick said he basically hasn't slept since the Lakers walked off the court in Portland. Said LAL played harder than he envisioned.

If you play hard every night, you have a chance to win,” the first-year coach said after the Lakers gave up an 18-point lead but still managed to win Thursday.

The Los Angeles Lakers got a convincing win against the Denver Nuggets defeating them 123-100, and it was probably Luka Doncic’s best game so far as a member of his new team. Doncic finished the game with 32 points,

There will be highlights aplenty with two talents of this caliber teaming up, of course, but how the Lakers choose to divvy up possessions will in many ways define how the offense is run. After the Lakers stared down old demons and took down their familiar playoff foe in the Denver Nuggets on Saturday night,