Video highlights of Los Angeles Lakers stars Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves and Deandre Ayton dominating the New Orleans Pelicans.

Los Angeles moves to 9-4 while New Orleans moves to 2-10. Top Performers – Los Angeles Austin Reaves – 31 PTS | 11-13 FTS | 7 AST Luka Dončić – 24 PTS | 7 REB | 12 AST Deandre Ayton – 20 PTS | 10 REB Top Performers – New Orleans Trey Murphy III – 35 PTS | 5 REB Jeremiah Feats – 19 PTS | 4 REB 3 AST | career-high 8 STL He’s the third player in franchise history to record 8 STLs in a game,

-The Nuggets grab a road win against the Timberwolves. Denver rode a 68-52 second half to this comeback victory. This marks their seventh-straight victory, despite missing two starters in this game. Nikola Jokić had yet another triple-double in that victory.

Meanwhile, the Lakers (8-3) survived in a 121-111 win over the Charlotte Hornets on Monday. Luka Doncic had 38 points and Austin Reaves had 24 points. Those two have led Los Angeles as LeBron James awaits to make his season debut.

The Los Angeles Lakers have been one of the league’s early surprises this season. Even without LeBron James, the LA has had a strong, sitting near the top of the Western Conference standings with an 8-3 record.

Follow along with the NBA.com live blog, bringing you the best of a 12-game Wednesday highlighted by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's Thunder hosting Luka Dončić's Lakers.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the OKC Thunder will host Luka Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.

By halftime, the Lakers were up 65-52, helped by Doncic assisting Ayton on an alley-oop that fired up the road crowd. Los Angeles pushed that lead to 88-66 with an 11-0 run, which featured baskets from Reaves, Ayton, and Doncic.

After missing the first 13 games of the season, Adou Thiero scored his first career points in the NBA on Saturday as the Lakers defeated the Bucks.