Luka Doncic and LeBron James power Lakers to

The search for sustained consistency remained a focus for the Lakers on Sunday against a Sacramento Kings crew with the NBA’s worst document.

And it helped that the Lakers had been fully healthy against the Kings, one thing that has eluded them almost all season.

Behind strong efforts from Luka Doncic and LeBron James, the Lakers defeated the struggling Kings 128-104 at Crypto.com Arena in their second straight blowout win.

Doncic, one of 5 Lakers to rating in double figures, scored 28 factors on 10-for-16 taking pictures. He made 4 three-pointers and had 9 assists and 5 rebounds.

James, who performed after initially being listed as questionable because of arthritis in his left foot, scored 24 factors in 27 minutes on eight-for-15 taking pictures. He made a trio of threes and had 5 assists.

Deandre Ayton and Austin Reaves both had 12 factors and Luke Kennard had 11 factors off the bench. Rui Hachimura performed 22 minutes off the bench and had eight factors and two rebounds after lacking the earlier two video games because of sickness.

Nique Clifford led the Kings (14-48) with 26 factors and had seven rebounds.

The Lakers are 3-3 since the All-Star break with 28- and 24-point wins after three straight losses.

“Again, just the world is falling for us 19 times (after double-digit losses this season),” Lakers coach JJ Redick said. “ It’s just part of the nature of this cycle and our guys. … Our guys bounced back and responded well throughout the season. Tied in the lost column for fifth (with Denver in the Western Conference) and a couple games out of third with a number of these teams coming up that are right there with us. So, we just are going to keep plugging away.”

Just as in Saturday’s win at Golden State, the Lakers (36-24) benefited from strong taking pictures. They shot 50% from the sector and 46% from three-point vary.

One of the most thrilling performs occurred in the first quarter when Marcus Smart dived for a free ball and, while susceptible on his back, handed to James. The Lakers star then handed to a hustling Austin Reaves, who took a few dribbles to get a Kings defender to commit before making an alley-oop go to James for a two-handed, rim-hanging dunk.

The crowd was whipped into a frenzy. The Kings called a timeout, permitting the Lakers and their followers to soak in the second.

Lakers star Luka Doncic celebrates after a three-pointer by teammate Rui Hachimura against the Kings on Sunday.

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There was another play in the third quarter in which Doncic slipped and virtually fell down, dropping control of the ball. But Doncic regained his stability and the ball before taking pictures an off-balance three-pointer that gave the Lakers a 24-point lead.

“Ah, yeah, it was on purpose,” Doncic said about falling down. “I tripped on purpose and it was, how do you say, the ‘And-1 Mixtape,’ that’s what they said on the bench. So, I did it on purpose.”

Doncic smiled.

It was that variety of evening for the Lakers, a sport full of highlights and enjoyable that allowed Redick to empty his bench in the fourth quarter.

“Yeah, obviously it was two great wins, but we just got to go game by game,” Doncic said. “Obviously there’s a lot of noise outside, but like tonight, we can’t pay attention to that. … I thought we played great.”

Maxi Kleber was another standout for the Lakers, making all three of his photographs for six factors. He also had six rebounds and a block.

His two lob dunks left his Lakers teammates celebrating from the bench.

“Every time I do something, you know, you look to the bench, everybody’s celebrating,” Kleber said. “So, obviously it’s a good push for me, a good push for the team.”