Ruling Doncic out on the second night of a back-to-back, Los Angeles left Bronny James off the injury report. This is despite the South Bay Lakers playing a home game the same night, which would usually be when Los Angeles assigns James to the G League.

While the Lakers lost to the Jazz, not everything was bad for them. They were able to get a silver lining out of this loss. That silver lining was Bronny James coming in and having a career-high effort in terms of scoring. He actually got to play eight minutes in this game due to the nature of this game.