LUKA DONČIĆ'S LAKERS☝️❤️😍💵 DEBUT LIGHTS UP LOS #Luka #Dončić's #Lakers #Debut #Lights Fountain #nba

Everything about Luka Dončić’s first game with the Lakers should be kept in this context — they played the 12-win Utah Jazz.
Still, it was Luka and the Lakers. That alone was worth the price of admission (and delayed sleep for those on the East Coast) alone. The much-anticipated debut became appointment viewing Monday across the league because it signaled a new direction for the storied franchise, which has a habit of acquiring generational players.
Dončić was a shocking addition, though, much more than anyone in Lakerland since Shaquille O’Neal signed with the team as a free agent nearly 30 years ago. The midseason trade with the Dallas Mavericks, which cost Anthony Davis, was as celebrated in L.A. as it was reviled in Dallas.
What’s done is done, and now the Lakers move forward with a 25-year-old playmaker whose most immediate chore is reducing that responsibility from a 40-year-old playmaker named LeBron James.
Coming off injury, and afforded a blowout win over the Jazz, Dončić played just 23 minutes, scored 14 points (though his jumper was rusty, missing six of seven from deep) and four assists.
Here are five takeaways from Luka’s first taste of the Lakers:
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