On the second night of a back-to-back, the Los Angeles Lakers hosted a familiar foe in the Crypto.com arena on Friday night. Against a fully loaded Clippers squad, including Kawhi Leonard, James Harden,

The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Los Angeles Clippers 106-102 for their fifth consecutive victory. Luka Doncic scored 31 points on his 26th birthday and LeBron James had 28 points and 13 rebounds.

Doncic scores 31 points on his 26th birthday, James scores 28 and the short-handed Lakers get gritty contributions from many to win for the 17th time in 21 games, 106-102. Ivica Zubac has 27