LOS ANGELES — It was almost like Deandre Ayton was foreshadowing on Friday morning what was to come that night at Crypto.com Arena.

Less than 12 hours before Luka Doncic scored 49 points, leading the Lakers to a 128-110 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves for the Lakers’ first win of the season, Ayton addressed the work that he, Doncic and Austin Reaves put in between Tuesday’s season-opening loss to the Golden State Warriors and Friday on the pick-and-roll chemistry between the guards and Ayton.

Specifically, Doncic and Reaves got a better understanding of how Ayton likes to operate – a process Ayton acknowledged his part in, saying he’s a “confusing big” man because of the variety of ways he’ll play as a roll man.

But in the backdrop of Doncic’s brilliant offensive performance, an

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