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NBA -- Lakers halt Pistons' win streak with 20-point rout

LOS ANGELES​-- ​Prized rookie ​Lonzo Ball didn't have a particularly good night with ​a quiet ​13 points, six rebounds and ​three ​assists, but his teammates came through as the L​os ​Angeles Lakers crushed the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday night​ at the Staples Center.​

Juli​u​s Randle ​17 points, ​Kyle Kuzma ​had ​16​ and Larry Nance Jr contributed 14 points to help Los Angeles improved their win-loss record to 3-4. ​Kentavious Caldwell-Pope​ added 13 points while Jordan Clarkson accounted for 10.​

​The ​Lakers​, who​ improved to 3-4, shot 49.5 percent from the f​i​eld and drilled 12 of 26 triples.

The Pistons​, meanwhile,dropped to 5-3 and ​ got 18 each from Reggie Jackson and Tobias Harris.

The Lakers out-rebounded the Pistons, 53-44 and Los Angeles also recorded more assists, 30-21.​

"There's nothing we did well and they dominated us​. We had no fight in us. It was a bad, bad night," Pistons head coach Stan Van Gundy told reporters after the game.

caption - Kyle Kuzma helped the Lakers' cause on Tuesday night by delivering 16 points in a 113-93 blowout.

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