Lakers' 6-Game Win Streak Ends in Utah as Luka Struggles

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00:00The Lakers seemingly had a rather easy game for the second one featuring Luka

00:05Doncic both against the Utah Jazz the first in LA now in Salt Lake. The Lakers

00:12were a nine-point road favorite against the Jazz who had the second worst record

00:16in the NBA's Western Conference. Utah had other ideas last night at home

00:23winning outright as a nine-point home dog 131-119 a total of 235 and a half

00:32skies over DRS not just an outright upset victory for the Jazz but snapping

00:38the lake shows six game win streak last night in Salt Lake as well. Yeah I thought

00:43this would be another blowout for the Lakers to be honest but it does get a

00:45little bit tricky before the all-star break where people start to check out

00:48but the one thing I guess we can agree upon so far with Luka coming to the

00:51Lakers he's fat and out of shape is that it is that what it is he plays 20

00:55minutes a game even in blowout wins blowout losses you know you take a look

00:59at the point six of 13 very inefficient just like he was in game number one

01:02barely could make three-point shots that he was like one of seven or one of eight

01:05in that first game at least he was three for eight in this game overall a minus

01:0819 leading all starters in a bad category so maybe he'll get some cardio

01:13shape over the break here and he can get back into form because I don't know what

01:17the Lakers plan is either you're gonna play him and he's full gas and ready to

01:20go or you're saying boy we he doesn't really want to work out so we'll work

01:23about doing the game I don't understand what's going on with Luka at this point

01:26yeah it's really interesting DRS to see those numbers which has not been what

01:31they had expected out of Luka Doncic so far or certainly what the prop market

01:37has expected either under all of his props for a second consecutive game in

01:42the purple and gold just 16 points four boards four dimes in only 23 minutes

01:50the Lakers now 15 14 and one against the spread as a favorite this year the

01:56Jazz have been booked as an underdog now in 52 of their total 53 games this

02:02season and Donnie although the record is only 13 and 40 they're 27 and 25

02:08against the spread as that dog and Lori marketing big night last night game high

02:1332 points in a plus 35 to lead Utah to the upset the Lakers see their six-game

02:21win streak come to a close and one final point DRS from the odds perspective that

02:26might paint what the Lakers are going to have to deal with in the stretch run of

02:30this season is a lack of defense Luka Doncic not a great defender I think he

02:35would probably tell you that you lose Anthony Davis you tried to add a big man

02:39in the front court to solidify those defensive rotations unable to do so with

02:44the failed physical of Mark Williams the Lakers have now gone over in seven of

02:48their last eight games DRS entering the all-star break yeah and you also looking

02:53for that big man where they signed Alex Lennon I got 22 minutes last night but

02:56that's not gonna say hey Laker nation we finally found our big man Jackson Hayes

03:00seven minutes yesterday played in that ballgame ends up with four points so it

03:04is an issue that they're going to have superstar power they have but also you

03:08still want Ben that balanced lineup but there's no excuses last night the Jazz

03:12came into that game what 12 and 40 and 6 or it's gonna be 5 and 18 at home you

03:17supposed to wipe the floor with them again and head into the all-star break

03:19now granted the Lakers gonna make the playoffs for 30 and 32 and 20 it's not

03:23that big of a deal but it's also not that big of a deal to lose to a quality

03:27opponent before the break not one of those doormats

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