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Ball's second act is superb in Lakers' win over Suns

LOS ANGELES_Lonzo Ball drove down the baseline and made a layup that put his team up by eight points late in the fourth quarter over the Phoenix Suns. Play stopped for a time out with 1:35 left in the game and his teammates rushed over to him, jumping and grinning, delighted at what he'd done.

Only one person wasn't smiling or leaping. Ball walked over, measured and emotionless.

"That's what team's supposed to do,

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