Luka Doncic sat out the Los Angeles Lakers' 131-126 loss at Denver on Friday night, cheering on his scrappy, short-handed teammates who nearly pulled off a shocker without four starters. Doncic joined LeBron James on the Lakers' lengthy list of unavailable players after scoring 45 points a night earlier in a loss at Milwaukee.

The Los Angeles Lakers shocked the world on Feb. 1 when they acquired Luka Dončić in a trade that sent Anthony Davis to the Dallas Mavericks. Though the Dončić trade certainly gives the Lakers a ton of flexibility for the future,