Darvin Ham listened, the Lakers are dominating the first half thanks to his good choices

The Los Angeles Lakers are dominating the first half thanks to the team's superb performance so far, especially to D'Angelo Russell, who is on fire tonight.

Coach Darvin Ham has improved and is now making the right calls by resting Anthony Davis and using Wenyen Gabriel, who gave 4.5 minutes to start the second quarter.

AD has been dominant on the defensive side, while D'Angelo Russell and LeBron James have been able to be in charge of the offensive as both have scored 14 points each.

Dennis Schroder coming off the bench, is also having an outstanding performance which is great news for coach Ham that most of his players are having a great night.

Austin Reaves hasn't scored that much but still doing good

The first half ended with the Lakers leading by 17 points with a 42-59 score. Austin Reaves has only scored 4 points in the game but already has five assists and has been a great playmaker for the squad.