Luka Dončić's Debut with the Lakers

L.A.

welcomed its newest superstar – Luka Dončić – with a sea of gold and purple No.

77 t-shirts as far as the eye could see inside Crypto.com Arena on Monday night. 23+77=100: LeBron James donned

the Luka shirt during warmups as the basketball world awaited Luka’s debut with the Lakers and his first

game since Christmas Day Star-Studded Affair: Luka’s first game as a Laker was a hot ticket in L.A.,

attracting the likes of Will Ferrell, Dirk Nowitzki, Adele, Rich Paul, Floyd Mayweather Jr.

and Flea Center of Attention: All eyes were on Luka when he came out for warmups followed by the

L.A.

crowd erupting when he was the last Laker introduced with the starting five Lakers 132, Jazz 113: While

it may take some time to get used to seeing Luka in a Lakers jersey, it didn’t take

Dončić long to get into the flow of his first game in 47 days. “Special” – Luka needed only

one word to describe how it felt to play in a Laker uniform for the first time.

“I heard a lot of noise when I was introduced, so [I] really appreciate it, it was a

special moment.” Among those making noise for Luka was Nowitzki, who played his final NBA season alongside Luka

in Dallas Dirk (via X): “I will always be a Mav for life, but had to come support my

guy 77 [Luka Dončić] in the first game of his new chapter!” ”Means a lot.” – Luka on Dirk’s

attendance.

“Great friend, great mentor.

It really means a lot for him to show up here.”