Many flourishing stars have succumbed to the pressure of playing under the bright lights of LA in the past.D'Angelo Russell certainly falls on that list as he remains one of the most hated players by the Laker Nation,

Russell, who was drafted second overall by the Lakers in 2015, was traded to Brooklyn by the LA franchise in 2017. He was sent to the Nets along with Timofey Mozgov in exchange for Brook Lopez and the rights to Kyle Kuzma, who was taken 27th overall in the 2017 NBA Draft.

Noah Clowney suffered a lower back injury late in the third quarter and did not return. Maxwell Lewis, who was traded to Brooklyn alongside Russell, played one minute, knocked down his first attempted, and had to be carried off the court after suffering an apparent left knee injury.