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San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Sacramento Kings Monday Jan. 8 2018 in Sacramento Calif. The Spurs won 107-100

San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Sacramento Kings Monday Jan. 8 2018 in Sacramento Calif. The Spurs won 107-100

"All my family and everybody came". The second overall pick in the 2017 National Basketball Association draft didn't even attempt a shot until the second quarter. Averaging less than 10 points led to some questioning the lanky forward, but as the current season has proved, it was only a matter of time. When Steve Kerr took an indefinite leave of absence for health reasons in 2015, Walton took over head coaching duties and guided the Warriors to 24-0 start to the season and 39-4 record by the time Kerr returned.

Talks eventually broke down, but they could pick back up if the Lakers can't find a suitable partner to attach Luol Deng's bad contract or another player to offload. And I will drive you there, get you on the plane and get you seated.' He laughed, (and) I said, 'But short of that, I'm your best buddy, because you're here for another year, and you ain't going nowhere. "He's a defensive coach, so I learned a lot on the defensive end from him".

The Lakers ended their nine-game skid by defeating Atlanta 132-113. Ball is the father of Los Angeles rookie Lonzo Ball.

"Whatever you want to say about LaVar Ball, he has smoked out the fact that the Lakers do not support Luke Walton", Windhorst said.

The Hawks reached a 10-2 run in the first four minutes of the game with Dennis Schroder leading the offense.

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The tempo of the game sped up with Brook Lopez and Hawks J. Collins making two blocks each. The Lakers had scored 12 fast break points in the first quarter.

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Los Angeles answered by putting the game away. He set up forward LeMarcus Aldridge for an alley-oop, edging up their score while earning three assists. Players are aware that all but three or four of them could be outward-bound and morale is already on a precipice.

Where there is smoke, there is fire, and we will see soon enough if Ball is still speaking things into existence - or just blowing smoke.

Bogdan Bogdanovic scored 19 points off the bench for the Kings, who have lost five of six. Against Sacramento, Lopez hit five of his eight three-point attempts.

The Lakers front court scored early in the second half. Randle got a dunk of his own and Lopez landed a three-pointer.

All-Star point guard Kemba Walker had several shots blocked on drives to the basket and finished 5 of 17 from the field. Los Angeles entered the Thursday night tilt coming off of back-to-back home wins over the Kings and Atlanta Hawks.

However, there was no statement or comment from the Lakers organization following LaVar Ball's comments made while in Lithuania, where his sons LiAngelo and LaMelo are playing.

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