LOS ANGELES — While the Lakers have already played 14 games this season, in some ways, the year started for them on Tuesday against the Jazz.

With LeBron James and Gabe Vincent back, the team had an empty injury report for the first time this season. Allowing head coach JJ Redick to use the entire roster the way he envisioned doing so.

It didn’t all go smoothly for Los Angeles during the early parts of what turned out to be a 140-126 win for the Lakers.

Adding an All-NBA talent like LeBron to a team is a good problem to have, but even good problems are problems. The Lakers went with a starting lineup they had never used before with the addition of Deandre Ayton. While the other four players in LeBron, Luka Dončić, Austin Reaves and Rui Hachimura maintained continuity from last season, t

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