“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.