On Thursday night, the Los Angeles Lakers will host the Milwaukee Bucks. For the game, they will be without one of their best players, as ESPN's Dave McMenamin

The Los Angeles Lakers are currently on a three-game winning streak despite LeBron James' absence thanks, in large part, to Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves. Doncic and Reaves have carried the Lakers offensively in these last three games and you'd have backed them to deliver again when the team took

Doncic just had arguably his best game so far as a Laker on Thursday. He scored 45 points on 14-of-27 field-goal shooting and 7-of-13 from 3-point range, and he also grabbed 11 rebounds, three assists, two steals and one block. The Lakers next game will be on Sunday afternoon versus the Phoenix Suns at home.