The NBA Preseason games already started and the well-known basketball team of the Los Angeles Lakers had their first match played against the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night at the Honda Center in the city of Anaheim in Southern California.

The Lakers got the better of the Vivek Ranadive-owned ballclub with an impressive 103-84 victory to give Luke Walton, who is the new head coach of the team, his first victory as a Lakers bench boss since taking over the team this season.

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Starting guard Lou Williams and reserve power forward Tarik Black scored 15 points each to lead the Lakers for the win. Jordan Clarkson added 12 points and six rebounds, while Anthony Brown chipped in with 10 points, official box score in the league's website revealed.

Chinese basketball superstar Yi Jianlian saw action in the game but was not able to score. The four-time Chinese Basketball Association Domestic MVP played for almost three minutes while pulling down two rebounds and attempted one shot during the course of his playing time.

Brandon Ingram, who was the Lakers' second overall pick on this year's NBA Draft, poured in just two points on his debut game as a Lakers player. The 19-year-old rookie went 0 for 5 from the field and missed all of his four attempts from beyond the arc. He only entered the scoring column after making two of his four free throws after playing for 26:41 minutes in the hard wood.

"It's something that I have to learn to do: affect the game in a different way," Ingram, who used to average 17.3 points when he was still playing for the collegiate team of Duke Blue Devils in the NCAA, said.

"If I don't get it on the offensive end, try to get it on the defensive end," the rookie added. "Hopefully the offense will come, too." 

Starting guard Aaron Afflalo paced Sacramento with 14 points and NBA All-Star DeMarcus Cousins had 11 points.

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