The shorthanded Suns figured to need big nights from Devin Booker and Kelly Oubre with DeAndre Ayton becoming a late scratch, but got the exact opposite.
Booker managed just 10 points on 2-11 shooting and Oubre also struggled with only 10 points of his own, as the Suns role players and reserves outplayed the two for most of the night.
Mikal Bridges led the Suns with 18 points, but only four of those came in the second half.
The Lakers outrebounded the Suns 59-29. That’s not a typo.