The Los Angeles Lakers faced the Phoenix Suns in Game 2 of the preseason but lost 117-105.
The scoreline looks more respectable than the game actually was because the Suns breezed through L.A. after the first three quarters. Phoenix led 102-74, but L.A.’s bench won the fourth quarter 31-15 to cut into the deficit.
LeBron James, Russell Westbrook, Trevor Ariza and Dwight Howard didn’t play, and Devin Booker didn’t play for Phoenix.
Carmelo Anthony and Anthony Davis, however, did make appearances, with the former making his debut in the purple and gold.
It wasn’t pretty for the Lakers until Talen Horton-Tucker and Malik Monk picked up the pace towards the end of the third quarter, even though it wasn’t enough.
Here are three takeaways from the game:
