Lakers player grades: L.A. ends regular season with win over Jazz

The Los Angeles Lakers took the court on Sunday for one final tune-up before the start of the NBA playoffs. They faced the Utah Jazz , a team that came in tied for the worst record in the Western Conference and has allegedly been tanking for a while now. The Jazz had a number of their key guys out due to injury, while Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves and Jaxson Hayes were out of action for the Lakers.

This game was never really competitive, as L. A. got out to a double-digit lead midway through the first quarter and never looked back.

Even though it played mostly its reserves throughout the second half, it kept increasing its lead and cruised to a 131-107 victory. Los Angeles shot 54. 8% from the field and 44.

1% from 3-point range, notched 37 assists on 51 made baskets and had 20 fast-break points. The team finished the regular season with a 53-29 record, and with the Denver Nuggets defeating the San Antonio Spurs, it claimed the fourth seed in the Western Conference, which means it will face the Houston Rockets in the first round of the playoffs. Luke Kennard: C Kennard played just 11 minutes, attempted only one shot (which he made) and finished with three points and one assist.