“Tonight at Milwaukee, Luka Doncic scored 45 points. He had 29 by halftime. He had a hot streak from 3 in the first half in which he scored 10 straight points, and he wound up making five out of nine 3s in the first half, and then he went cold for a stretch, and most of his points felt like empty calories.

Skip Bayless was one of those who watched as the Los Angeles Lakers succumbed to a 126-106 defeat against the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday. Luka Doncic kept the Lakers in the first half with 29 points and finished the game with an astonishing 45 points.

Luka Doncic didn't play in the Lakers' 131-126 loss at Denver Friday night, joining LeBron James on the team's lengthy list of unavailable players