In a cruel twist of fate, Luka Doncic suffered yet another 4-1 series loss after his Los Angeles Lakers crashed out of the first round of the NBA playoffs on Wednesday night. Doncic, who also lost 4-1 in last year's finals series against the Boston Celtics back when he was still playing for the Dallas Mavericks,

Despite playing high-level basketball after landing Luka Doncic in February, the franchise failed to make noise in the playoffs, resulting in an uneventful postseason. Although the consensus is the Lakers should build around Doncic and James this summer,

With a little more than a minute to go in the first half of the Lakers' fateful loss to the Timberwolves on Wednesday night, Luka Doncic tried to drive to the rim, but was brought down on a hard foul by Minnesota's Donte DiVincenzo.