LOS ANGELES -- Using Friday's preseason finale as a "dress rehearsal" for next week's regular-season opener, Los Angeles Lakers coach JJ Redick put Gabe Vincent in the starting lineup to fill in for the injured LeBron James .

Vincent capped a strong individual training camp with 14 points on 5-for-6 shooting (4-for-5 from 3), but the Lakers lost 117-116 to the Sacramento Kings to finish the preseason 1-5.

The regular season starts Tuesday night when L.A. hosts the Golden State Warriors . Though the Vincent decision was made, there is plenty more for the Lakers to figure out in the next few days.

"We have two more practices, so we need to clean up some things," said Luka Doncic , who scored a game-high 31 points to go with nine assists in 33 minutes.

Vincent said the coach

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