Luka Doncic Shines in Debut with Los Angeles Lakers

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00:00A very big night in Los Angeles where the stars always shine for the Lakers and last night the

00:06introduction and debut of their newest superstar who they hope will shine for the next decade plus

00:12in LA. That would be Luka Doncic making his Lakers debut last night to plenty of fanfare

00:19and had the red carpet rolled out. Crypto.com Arena DRS pre-game decked out in 77 Laker jersey

00:27t-shirts to welcome in Luka Doncic the first ever player in the purple and gold to wear number 77

00:34in Lakers franchise history and although Luka was just okay and not only his debut in Los Angeles

00:41but his first game in the NBA since Christmas day the Lakers continue to roll make it six

00:47consecutive wins now for LA hammering one of the worst teams in the Western Conference

00:53but still covering as a 12-point home favorite winning 132-113 against the Utah Jazz and Luka

01:00Doncic's debut again covering as a 12-point home favorite six victories in a row now for LA.

01:08Yeah you're probably looking from a side perspective the books didn't do very well

01:12because everybody was probably loading up on the Lakers by double digits but we talked about it

01:15yesterday even at FanDuel that line opened up at a number and dropped a point or two below but still

01:19the Lakers were easily the better team 37 points in the first quarter 35 points in the second

01:24quarter it was roughly over by the half but understanding Luka Doncic it was his night last

01:29night getting introduced there 24 minutes played you know he was a little bit nervous 5 of 14 from

01:34the floor only one of seven from three-point range but still finished at a plus 15 with 14 points we

01:40talked about what night did you think Luka was going to have and again under his points under

01:44his rebounds under an assist maybe that would have changed if that game was closer and they needed

01:48him all the way through the game he probably would have played 35 plus minutes here but it's a good

01:52start back on the court for Luka gets that home court out of the way got the adulation from the

01:57fans here now he's going to be able to settle in and we'll really see what Luka Doncic brings to

02:01the Los Angeles Lakers.