Key Takeaways

Yaxel Lendeborg said he "lost all respect" for Luka Doncic after trading trash talk with him throughout the Lakers' 127-105 opening-night win over the Warriors.

Lendeborg drew a technical foul from referee James Capers for calling Doncic's pump-fake shooting foul "weak ass s---," and Doncic answered with a 48-foot halftime buzzer-beater before pointing and laughing at him.

The Warriors rookie finished with 12 points in 29 minutes while guarding Doncic, who shot 7-of-18 but made all nine of his free throws to score 28 points.

Steve Kerr called the technical on Lendeborg "kind of ridiculous" and chalked it up to rookie treatment, while Draymond Green encouraged Lendeborg to keep talking ahead of their next matchup on Oct. 30 in San Francisco.

Yaxel Lendeborg made his professional basketball debut with the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday (Oct.…