The Lakers are making critics eat their words under first-year head coach JJ Redick. After many predicted they'd miss the playoffs, Los Angeles sits at 9-4 to start the 2024-25 season, with Anthony Davis and rookie sensation Dalton Knecht leading the charge.

The Utah Jazz will be up for their first of three regular-season matchups against the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night, this time for stakes in the NBA Cup.

Anthony Davis had 31 points and 14 rebounds and the Los Angeles Lakers extended their winning streak to five games with a 104-99 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans. LeBron James highlighted a 21-point performance with a pair of pivotal 3-pointers in the final minutes but his career-long four-game triple-double streak came to an end.