Luka Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers were without the services of LeBron James for Tuesday's season opener against the Golden State Warriors at home. James, entering his 23rd NBA season, is expected to miss the first three to four weeks due to a sciatica injury affecting his right side.

On Tuesday night at Crypto Arena, the Warriors’ team-centric approach to scoring the ball prevailed over the Lakers’ all-Luka Doncic, all the time tactics in a 119-109 victory. With sciatica relegating LeBron James to a spectator, Doncic was unstoppable as a scorer and put up 43 points.

Luka Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers have thrilled in their final preseason matchup against the Sacramento Kings, keeping the game close late into the fourth quarter.

A video went viral showing Luka Doncic having a playful moment with his teammates and reportedly betting with Davis on every free throw.

Doncic falls one assist short of a triple-double, but Jimmy Butler scores 31 points, Steph Curry adds 23 and Golden State makes 17 3-pointers to hand the LeBron-less Lakers a 119-109 defeat.

Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors will face Luka Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers on opening night of the NBA season.