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Luka Doncic, LeBron James and the rest of the Los Angeles Lakers scored a much-needed win on Friday night. They blew out the Washington Wizards, 142-111. This was a welcome development after L.A.’s embarrassing 129-99 defeat against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday.

Led by a stellar all-around performance from Luka Dončić, the Los Angeles Lakers cruised to a 142-111 win over the Washington Wizards on Friday.

Dončić scored 11 of the Lakers' first 20 points and assisted on two Deandre Ayton baskets on his way to finishing the first quarter with 17 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists as the Lakers scored 41 points in the opening 12 minutes.

Team sources and league sources said they expect the Wizards to remain active until the NBA trade deadline arrives on Feb. 5.

The Washington Wizards have some questions pertaining to their big man depth that they tried answering in a recent outing.

The foundering Bucks crept back to within two points late but fell short again against one of the few teams in the East with a worse recrod.

Alex Sarr helped the Washington Wizards snap a pair of long losing streaks. Sarr had 29 points, 12 rebounds and six blocks to lead the Wizards to a 115-111 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night that ended a nine-game skid.