On Friday, the South Bay Lakers defeated the Santa Cruz Warriors by 20 points. Two days later, the two teams met again at UCLA Health Training Center for a rematch, and while the Lakers were victorious again, it wasn't easy this time.

The Los Angeles Lakers faced their toughest test of the season and failed, getting blown out by the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Even though their opponents were without LeBron James, the Milwaukee Bucks were blown out by the Los Angeles Lakers on the second night of a back-to-back. Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 32 points, grabbed 10 rebounds, and had five assists—the only Buck to score over 15 points. Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves combined for 66 points and 10 made threes.

Thiero scored 19 points and shot 5-of-9 from the field while doing a great job of slashing to the hoop, both in transition and in a halfcourt setting. James made half of his 10 field-goal attempts and went 2-of-5 from 3-point range, giving him 15 points, to go along with four rebounds, eight assists, three steals and one block.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Luka Dončić faced off as the remaining top MVP candidates in a game that provided little excitement. The Oklahoma City Thunder dominated from start to finish behind Gilgeous-Alexander’s stellar play. JJ Redick has got the best of his team this season, but they didn’t show up against the defending NBA Champions.

Deandre Ayton left Sunday's Lakers versus Jazz matchup with an injury. JJ Redick didn't have much of an update after.