The Los Angeles Lakers took on the Phoenix Suns on Thursday night in an attempt to win their fourth straight game against a division rival and extend their winning run to three games.

This was the first time that all five of the stars—Bradley Beal, Devin Booker, Kevin Durant, Anthony Davis, and LeBron James—had played together, even though it was their fourth meeting. Eventually, the Suns won 127-109 to seize the lead with some confidence.

The Suns opened the game with back-to-back three-pointers, but the Lakers responded with seven straight to take the lead.

But Phoenix was hot early on, with double-doubles from Booker and Beal to take a 17–9 lead. But after a timeout, the Lakers struck back, scoring five baskets in a row.

For Los Angeles, Taurean Prince scored eight points in the opening eight minutes, but the offense could not hold onto its lead, even if when Booker was hot, it reached double digits.

After trailing 36-25 at the end of the first quarter, Austin Reaves broke through with a corner 3-pointer in the closing minutes of the period for the Lakers.

The Lakers opened the second quarter on a high note, scoring a basket from D’Angelo Russell and a corner three from Jarred Vanderbilt to cut the lead to six points.

But with Christian Wood out, Jaxson Hayes took over as Los Angeles’ backup center. But Hayes had a terrible game, committing four fouls in only four minutes, which gave the Suns the upper hand.

Even with James and Davis fighting to stay up with Booker, the Lakers were unable to create much offensive momentum for the better part of the second quarter. The Suns led 66-52 going into the halftime locker room after Durant beat the buzzer.

James tried to start the third quarter with a three-point play for the Lakers while the Suns kept expanding their lead.

There were blowouts all across the league on Thursday, and this one was no different. The Suns had envisioned Booker, Beal, and Durant as their big three when they got them, but the Lakers were unable to recruit an outside shooter.

The Suns extended their lead to thirty points midway through the third quarter and continued to do so, putting the game out of reach early. Despite the Lakers reserves’ best efforts in the fourth quarter, Darvin Ham decided to stop the game early by pulling his players.