What happened
Austin Reaves and Luka Doncic reacted after Utah outrebounded Los Angeles by 21 on Sunday, including a 20-5 edge on the offensive glass.
The Lakers have carried the same weakness from preseason into the regular season, ranking near the bottom in defensive rebounding while winning with hot shooting.
LINEUP CONTEXT
Until Los Angeles cleans up box-outs, opponents can keep creating extra possessions and second-chance points against a rotation that still looks vulnerable.
Automated brief based on the linked report. Lineup context is analysis; official starting-five labels come separately from our game data provider.
Original reporting: Lakers’ preseason weakness has carried over despite 3-0 start — Yahoo Sports ↗