The big stories from Friday night’s game were the dust-up that got Nick Young, D’Angelo Russell and Milwaukee’s Greg Monroe ejected following a hard foul by Milwaukee’s Malcolm Brogdon, along with Lakers Coach Luke Walton’s postgame comments about how that incident was officiated.
They overshadowed everything else during the game. Russell got another chance to prove himself. The Lakers got another chance to show they are capable of a better effort than they’ve showed in the past.
That and more as we look at five takeaways from the Lakers’ 107-103 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks:
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