The Los Angeles Lakers made it four wins in a row after defeating the Atlanta Hawks, 134-118.
This marked the first matchup between the two sides this season, and Trae Young, John Collins and Bogdan Bogdanovic all played after missing recent games.
That didn’t matter, however, for the Lakers. Los Angeles scored at least 30 points every quarter and manipulated Atlanta’s shaky defense with ease. L.A. shot 50% overall, 41.5% from deep and 89.5% from the charity stripe, generated a season-high 37 assists (50 made buckets) and forced 15 turnovers while coughing it up just eight times.
The Lakers executed the gameplan on Young brilliantly, holding the young scorcher to 8-of-21 shooting (1-of-7 from deep). He scored 25 points because he went 8-of-10 from the charity stripe.
Four Lakers scored over 20 points, so here is how the squad graded individually from a dominant win:
