No Lonzo Ball. No Brandon Ingram. No Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. No problem.

Jordan Clarkson led an improbable cast of characters to a 99-86 victory in front of a raucous Staples Center crowd on Friday night, snapping the Los Angeles Lakers’ 8-game losing streak without Ball. In this installment, I take a look at Clarkson’s phenomenal performance (33 points on 14-19 FGA, 7 assists, 7 rebounds), how the Lakers “weaked” the screen on Victor Oladipo and Darren Collison, and Alex Caruso’s productive minutes.

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