On Wednesday night, the Los Angeles Lakers welcomed the Sacramento Kings to the Honda Center in Anaheim as part of their ongoing preseason trip.

LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Austin Reaves, Jarrett Vanderbilt, and Cam Reddish were all out for the Lakers, but that didn’t stop the rest of the squad from coming through with a 109-101 win. L.A. has a 2-1 record so far in the preseason.

Because of the injuries, Gabe Vincent started for the Lakers and scored five points in the game’s opening minutes. Rui Hachimura did the same, scoring 14 points for Los Angeles in the first quarter alone. He sank two 3-pointers and four free throws.

D’Angelo Russell took over and dominated the rest of the first quarter, scoring eight points and dishing out five assists in only eight minutes of action.

Harrison Barnes hit a pair of three-pointers and Malik Monk made one as time expired in the quarter, helping the Kings narrow their deficit to 30–28.

The Kings finally took the lead in the second quarter thanks to a 3-pointer by Chris Duarte. However, the Lakers quickly responded with back-to-back 3-pointers from Vincent and Max Christie.

Stars De’Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis of Sacramento finally got going offensively in the second quarter after a slow start. Near the end of the first half, Taurean Prince hit a three-pointer to help put the Lakers ahead. However, the Kings went into the break with a 51-50 advantage.

Fox’s aggressive play carried over into the third quarter, leading to a foul committed by Russell on a 3-point attempt. Russell kept being the floor general the Lakers needed, as he found Prince free for another corner 3 and then drained 2 of his own to increase the lead to 70-62.

Darvin Ham basically emptied the bench to play the young men out the last minutes of the game as the Lakers built a double-digit lead late in the third.

For Los Angeles, Russell was phenomenal, scoring 21 points, grabbing three boards, and dishing out eight assists on 8-of-12 shooting. In addition to Prince and Hachimura’s 13, Vincent contributed 15 points.

The Lakers’ youthful guns played brilliantly down the stretch of the third quarter, helping the team to a comfortable 90-79 lead heading into the final frame. Max Christie and Maxwell Lewis resumed their dominance in the fourth, extending their advantage to 17 points. From there, they cruised to a comfortable victory.