LSU fired head football coach Brian Kelly in the middle of his fourth season with the program.
The firing came after a 49-25 loss to Texas A&M, dropping the Tigers to a 5-3 record.
Kelly’s buyout is approximately $54 million, the second-largest in college football history.

A chaotic 2025 college football coaching carousel has claimed yet another high-profile victim.

One day after a 49-25 loss to Texas A&M, a game in which his team gave up 35 unanswered points in the second half, Brian Kelly was fired by LSU in the middle of his fourth season in Baton Rouge, the school announced Sunday night.

He becomes the 10th FBS coach to be fired since the start of the 2025 season and the seventh from a Power Four program.

“When Coach Kelly arrived at LSU four years ago, we had high hopes that he would lead us to multiple SEC and national championships during his time in Baton Rouge,” LSU athletic director Scott Woodward said in a news release. “Ultimately, the success at the level that LSU demands simply did not materialize, and I made the decision to make a change after last night’s game… We wish Coach Kelly and his family the very best in their future endeavors. We will continue to negotiate his separation and will work toward a path that is better for both parties.”

The Tigers have been one of the bigger disappointments in the sport this season, with three losses in their past four games after being ranked as high as No. 4 in the US LBM Coaches Poll. At 5-3 overall and 2-3 SEC play, LSU is functionally eliminated from SEC championship contention and, barring an unexpected series of events, will likely be shut out of the College Football Playoff.

In the fourth year of a 10-year contract, Kelly’s buyout is approximately $54 million. It’s the second-largest buyout in FBS history, behind only the $76 million Texas A&M owed Jimbo Fisher when it fired him in 2023.

Associate head coach/running backs coach Frank Wilson will serve as interim head coach for the remainder of the season.

Kelly was one of the splashiest hires during an eventful 2021 coaching carousel, with LSU stunning much of the college football world by luring Kelly away from Notre Dame, where he became the school’s all-time winningest coach during his 12-year tenure.

Four years later, he’s out of a job. How, exactly, did it get to this point?

Here’s a closer look at why LSU fired Kelly:

Why did LSU fire Brian Kelly?

It’s not often a football coach willingly leaves a program like Notre Dame — at least not for another college job — but after the 2021 season, Kelly did just that, leaving behind the Fighting Irish for LSU.

The prevailing belief at the time was that Kelly had reached his ceiling at Notre Dame, having been burdened by the school’s academic and admissions restrictions. At LSU, the thought went, he had more resources and access to a talent-rich state like Louisiana, putting him in a much more advantageous position to win a national title.

That rosy vision for what Kelly could accomplish in Baton Rouge never materialized, though.

Kelly went 34-14 in his four seasons with the Tigers, a slightly lower win percentage than what he posted at Notre Dame. That included a 19-10 mark in SEC play.

Kelly’s stint got off to an encouraging-enough start, with LSU enjoying a four-win improvement in 2022 that included a trip to the SEC championship game. The following year, the Tigers won 10 games for the second-consecutive season and quarterback Jayden Daniels became the school’s third-ever Heisman Trophy winner.

From there, though, LSU’s fortunes under Kelly started to dwindle. 

In 2024, the Tigers went 9-4 and finished the season unranked. Expectations remained high for the 2025 season with quarterback Garrett Nussmeier and a number of key players returning, with a 4-0 start highlighted by a season-opening win on the road against what was a top-10 Clemson team seeming to justify that hype. Once SEC play kicked into high gear and ranked opponents started appearing more frequently on LSU’s schedule, losses began piling up.

Painful as they were, losses to Ole Miss and Vanderbilt came on the road against what are now top-15 teams. Against Texas A&M, though, the Tigers weren’t even able to hang on to what could have been, with the Aggies making halftime adjustments to beat up on LSU in the final 30 minutes, a stretch in which they outscored the Tigers 35-7 in Death Valley.

Eventually, Kelly’s shortcomings became too much to ignore.

He never lost fewer than three games in his four seasons at a program where each of his three full-time predecessors won a national title. Some of his defenses were porous, with his 2023 unit allowing 28 points per game (tied for 81st in FBS), effectively negating much of Daniels’ offensive wizardry that season. Even as that side of the ball has improved under second-year coordinator Blake Baker, the Tigers’ once-potent offense has languished, with LSU ranking 83rd among 136 FBS teams in scoring offense this season, at 25.5 points per game.

Those struggles came as Kelly was one of the highest-paid coaches in the sport. His total pay of $10.18 million ranks him eighth among FBS coaches, according to the latest USA TODAY coaches salary database.

Brian Kelly record

Kelly went 34-14 in his four seasons at LSU, including a 19-10 mark in SEC regular-season play.

He had previously served as the head coach at Notre Dame, Cincinnati, Central Michigan and Division II Grand Valley State. Over that time, he has compiled a record of 318-11-2.

Here’s a year-by-year look at Kelly’s record at LSU:

2022: 10-4 (6-2 SEC)
2023: 10-3 (6-2)
2024: 9-4 (5-3)
2025: 5-3 (2-3)

LSU has fired head coach Brian Kelly after a disappointing fourth season.
Mississippi coach Lane Kiffin is considered a top candidate to replace Kelly.
Other potential replacements include Missouri’s Eli Drinkwitz and USC’s Lincoln Riley.

LSU took big swings when its coaching job came open during the 2021 college football season with the firing of Ed Orgeron. There was talk of Lincoln Riley. And also Jimbo Fisher. The Tigers ultimately pulled of what seemed like a coup in luring Brian Kelly from Notre Dame.

The move made sense for both sides. Kelly was the winningest coach in school history with the Fighting Irish but seemed a step behind when trying to compete with the biggest programs. Better to join one that not be able to beat them. For LSU, they got a veteran coach with appearances in the College Football Playoff and Bowl Championship Series title game. Each of their last three coaches had won a national title. Kelly seemed poised to contend for one.

But the move didn’t work out. There was early success with trip to the SEC title game in his first year and quarterback Jayden Daniels winning the Heisman Trophy in his second. Consistent success, however, was elusive. There was a downturn in Kelly’s third year. His fourth season became a series of disappointments, and the school pulled the plug one day after an embarrassing home loss to Texas A&M.

LSU must now find someone to do what Kelly couldn’t: Put this team in the thick of the national championship race each season. Like the last search, they will swing big. Who will the Tigers be looking at? There are familiar names and rising stars on the list of candidates.

Lane Kiffin, Mississippi

Kiffin’s experience, track record and often brilliant offensive mind would make him a home-run hire for LSU. The same could be said for Florida, too. But LSU is the better job of the two for several reasons, including by the ability to mine one of the most fertile recruiting areas in the country with virtually no major competition. While Kelly’s inability to capitalize on a fast start to his tenure is the ultimate cause of his departure, it’s reasonable to assume that LSU was at least in some part swayed to make a move at this moment as a way to leap into the Kiffin sweepstakes. He’s as close to a sure thing as there is among active college coaches.

Eli Drinkwitz, Missouri

Drinkwitz would be a terrific fallback option for LSU if Kiffin says no. He’s essentially the off-brand Kiffin of the SEC, with a similar touch on offense, a really great run of recent success and the demeanor to handle the LSU punchbowl. Another draw is his work turning Missouri into an annual contender after taking a few years to build the depth and roster needed to compete in the SEC.

Lincoln Riley, Southern California

This might be a great opportunity for Riley and USC to come to a mutual parting of the ways, which would allow Riley to land his third upper-echelon position in as many tries. Remember, Riley was widely expected to be the Tigers’ replacement for Orgeron before shocking the sport by leaving Oklahoma for the Trojans. A few years later, Riley has probably achieved just enough at USC to be a strong candidate to be Kelly’s successor.

Joe Brady, Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator

Brady is still remembered in Baton Rouge and elsewhere for his work as the offensive coordinator for the 2019 Tigers, who won the national championship behind maybe the best offense in the history of the sport. Brady has since moved onto the NFL, where he’s continued to build a strong reputation while working alongside Josh Allen with the Bills. The lack of experience as a head coach is a major issue that LSU might not be able to overcome; Penn State may be more willing to roll the dice.

Jon Sumrall, Tulane

LSU is familiar with what Sumrall has done in his two seasons at Tulane and aware of his success during the previous two seasons at Troy. While this might be too big a position at this point in his career, Sumrall could also be the next Dan Lanning, who was a hotshot defensive coordinator with no experience as a head coach when he was hired at Oregon. If LSU or Florida or another school thinks Sumrall has that potential, they’d be foolish not to buy in at a lower price point.

Alex Golesh, South Florida

Golesh is Sumrall’s double on the offensive side of the ball after turning USF into one of the top teams in the Group of Five. Like Sumrall, he’s also worked in the SEC, serving as Tennessee’s offensive coordinator before joining the Bulls. This is the first year the program has popped, though, after two years of solid but not spectacular results. You get the impression LSU is looking at someone a little more proven.

James Franklin

The former Penn State coach will be a contender for virtually every Power Four opening because of his turns at Vanderbilt and with the Nittany Lions. Whether that’s realistic depends on a few factors, starting with the unanswered question of whether or not Franklin wants to get right back into coaching. If he does, he’d be a solid secondary option for LSU, though behind a number of other early contenders for the opening.

If LSU can land Lane Kiffin, do it and don’t think twice. But don’t limit the search to big, household names.
Scott Woodward’s obsession with big-game hunting produces mixed results.
LSU remains a top job, even after Brian Kelly misfire.

Scott Woodward’s got something of an obsession with hiring big-name coaches. His track record shows checkered results.

LSU’s athletic director shouldn’t retire his strategy just because he failed to hit a home run with Brian Kelly. In fact, I say consider another big, big swing, because one big name looms over this coaching carousel: Lane Kiffin.

If LSU can land Kiffin, who’s charging toward the College Football Playoff at Mississippi, do it and don’t think twice.

Kiffin absolutely would mesh with Woodward’s big-name affections. He’d fit LSU’s needs, too. Unlike two of Woodward’s past football hires, Jimbo Fisher at Texas A&M and Kelly at LSU, Kiffin’s career is trending up. His Rebels beat LSU twice in the past three seasons. He’s in his prime. His floor is lofty, his ceiling untapped.

Kiffin holds an enviable hand. His toughest choice might be deciding whether to stay at Mississippi, gravitate to Florida or pounce on LSU. He’s a top name in this chaotic coaching carousel.

Woodward, though, cannot afford to be starstruck by just any name-brand coach at the expense of overlooking lesser-known options who would profile as intriguing candidates, too.

Lane Kiffin would be a hit at LSU, but who else is worth a sniff?

Louisville’s Jeff Brohm would be a boon for an LSU offense that lost its way, despite a talented quarterback and capable receivers. Never mind the optics of hiring from Tulane, an in-state Group of Five, because Jon Sumrall’s winning track record makes him worth an interview. Georgia Tech’s Brent Key could rectify LSU’s toughness problem.

Three of the nation’s top coaches — Georgia’s Kirby Smart, Ohio State’s Ryan Day and Oregon’s Dan Lanning — had not previously been head coaches before ascending to their current roles. Indiana hot shot Curt Cignetti never coached in the Power Four before he told everyone to Google him and then started shredding Big Ten foes.

The SEC’s first-place team, Texas A&M, hired Mike Elko from a Duke, a basketball school.

Point being, it’s possible to make a strong hire without raiding somebody else’s $9 million coach. It’s also possible to whiff despite plundering a household name.

Two of Woodward’s other big-name LSU hires — women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey and baseball coach Jay Johnson — have supplied national championships. His strategy isn’t broken beyond repair. It’s not a slam dunk, either.

If Dabo Swinney seeks for a lifeline out of Clemson, sorry, pal. Tyler from Spartanburg called that freefall. LSU needs a coach on his way up and who’s suited to this NIL and transfer era. James Franklin wants back in the business, but he shouldn’t get to fail forward to LSU.

LSU can learn from its Brian Kelly misfire

By firing Kelly, LSU reaffirmed its lofty standards. Kelly went 34-14, he beat Nick Saban in his first season, and he produced a Heisman Trophy winner, but he couldn’t overcome never making the playoff at a school that expects national championships. He also never fit Louisiana’s culture.

LSU needs a ball coach, not another slick-talking politician.

Kelly showed up speaking like Nic Cage in “Con Air.” That act soured while losses mounted. Kelly’s heir doesn’t have to speak Southern or suck crawfish heads, although I personally recommend the latter.

Just don’t fake it. And beat your rivals.

Just as importantly, LSU requires a hire who’ll reinstall swagger into a program that ought to ooze it but somehow became deficient of juice during a season when its embattled coach looked tired and angry.

LSU remains a top job

Even amid a crowded coaching carousel, LSU became the best job on the market, or at the very least pulled alongside Penn State. Each of Kelly’s three predecessors won a national championship.

LSU will attract big names. At least one, Kiffin, demands strong consideration.

Woodward shouldn’t shelve his big-game hunting gear just because he misfired with Kelly. Just don’t become married to the strategy, at the cost of missing out on other prime candidates whose careers are on the rise. From Lanning to Cignetti to Elko, other schools proved that bagging a quality, ascending coach who fits the needs trumps all.

Blake Toppmeyer is the USA TODAY Network’s senior national college football columnist. Email him at BToppmeyer@gannett.com and follow him on X @btoppmeyer.

Former NFL running back Adrian Peterson is in police custody in Fort Bend County, Texas, according to official jail records.

Peterson, 40, was arrested the morning of Oct. 26 in Sugar Land, Texas on charges of DWI and unlawful carrying of a weapon, according to Fort Bend County records.

The Palestine, Texas native will meet with a judge on Oct. 27 after spending the night of Oct. 26 in jail, a Fort Bend Sheriff’s Office spokesperson told the Houston Chronicle. Peterson will be eligible to post bail following his meeting with the judge, the spokesperson said.

The Oct. 26 incident is at least the second drunk driving incident for Peterson this year. The 15-year NFL veteran was arrested in Minnesota on a DWI charge in April, hours after he had made an appearance at a Minnesota Vikings 2025 NFL Draft party.

Peterson has faced multiple other legal issues in the past, including a misdemeanor charge for reckless assault against his then-four-year-old son in September 2014.

In February 2022, Peterson was also arrested on suspicion of domestic violence after an incident with his wife on an airplane at the Los Angeles International Airport. No charges were filed, though Peterson agreed to domestic violence and alcohol counseling in the wake of the incident.

Peterson played for seven different teams, most notably the Vikings, across 15 seasons in the NFL. The No. 7 overall pick in the 2007 NFL Draft was named to seven Pro Bowls and four All-Pro first teams in his career and won the NFL MVP award in 2012. He accumulated 14,918 rushing yards in his career, which ranks fifth all-time in NFL history.

Mookie Betts is chasing his fourth World Series title, third with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Since a February 2020 trade from the Red Sox, the Dodgers have been to the World Series three times since acquiring Mookie Betts.
After switching to shortshop for the 2025 season, Mookie Betts’ defensive prowess has made him a Gold Glove finalist.

LOS ANGELES — He is Michael Jordan in spikes.

He is Tiger Woods with a glove.

He’s Tom Brady with bat.

He is Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts.

Oh sure, he’s not an international sensation who can’t walk along the streets of Los Angeles, let alone Tokyo, without an army of photographers and reporters running after him like Shohei Ohtani.

He’s not a folk hero as the son of a Hall of Famer and beloved by everyone in his own country like Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

He doesn’t throw resurrect memories of Bob Gibson throwing complete games in the postseason like Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

No, all Betts does is win.

And win.

And win.

He’s obsessed with it.

Forget the glossy statistics, don’t pay attention to the numbers on the back of his bubblegum card, and don’t bother comparing him to any of the legends who have played this game.

You want to define Mookie Betts.

Just look at the rings on his finger.

Betts already has won a World Series championship in Boston. He won two more in Los Angeles. And he is three victories away from having a ring for every finger on his left hand but his thumb.

“That’s all that matters to me,’’ Betts quietly says before the Dodgers host the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 3 on Monday (8 p.m. ET on FOX). “I want to win. That’s all I think about, winning.’’

Betts, 31, in the fifth year of a 12-year, $365 million contract, wants his final baseball resting place to be in Cooperstown, N.Y., home of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

He’s not worried about his legacy, or his individual statistics, but making sure all of the victories, postseason appearances and World Series championships get him over the threshold.

“Being in the Hall of Fame is kind of a driver of mine,’’ Betts says. “The legacy comes with the winning. I just know that if I can do my end goal, which is to be in the Hall of Fame, what comes with it comes with it.

“You can’t argue with winning. You can argue with stats on the back of the baseball cards. There’s a lot of people that do that. But not a lot of people can say they won four or five rings, you know. That’s what I’m trying to say.

“And then there’s no arguments.’’

He looks at Buster Posey, who had only 1,500 hits as a catcher, but won three World Series championships with the San Francisco Giants and should be inducted in the 2027 Hall of Fame class.

He’s in awe of the late Yogi Berra, who won 10 World Series championships with the New York Yankees.

He admires Derek Jeter, the Yankees shortstop great who won five World Series titles.

Betts wants to be that guy, too, the ultimate winner who will do anything and everything possible to make his team a champion.

You want him to play right field? Ok, he won six Gold Gloves, a batting title and an MVP award as a right fielder.

You want to move him to second base? No problem, he’ll win a Silver Slugger award and make the All-Star team there, too.

And this year, you want to see if he can play shortstop? Well, he’s a Gold Glove finalist and Betts has the Dodgers back in the World Series with his brilliant defense while hitting 20 homers, scoring 95 runs and driving in 82.

“Shohei Ohtani might be the best baseball player on earth right now,’’ Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy says. “Freddie Freeman has touched our hearts many times in the wrong way. But Mookie Betts, what he’s doing in the game of baseball, is incredible, to move from outfield to playing shortstop on the Los Angeles Dodgers, a team that’s stacked with everything you can be stacked with.

“For him to do that, and do it well, is incredible. Imagine Steph Curry just saying, “Ok, he’s going to go play power forward and guard the other team’s best player.’ That’s what it’s like. So he’s going to guard the other team’s best player, who’s bigger, whatever. Never done it and he does it and they win still. And he puts up his 30-plus a game. …

‘I’m just telling you, man, if you’re talking about most valuable player [award], you’re going to go through the stats and all that kind of stuff. But if you’re talking about a player that really was valuable to this team this year, I’m saying Mookie Betts is number one.’’

Betts, who has seven top-10 MVP finishes, won’t finish in the top 10 this season with his slow starts, but he’s undeniably the finest athlete in the game.

“Makes playing shortstop look easy for a guy that’s a Gold Glover in right field,’’ Blue Jays manager John Schneider says. “He’s just consistent. I think he understands the speed of the game, understands big stages of the game. … A couple plays that he’s made, man, just going to his right against us in the first couple games, pretty impressive what he does.

“And the fact that he’s hitting at the top of the order, I think Mookie’s a hell of a player.’

Really, there’s absolutely nothing Betts can’t do.

Go ahead, name a sport, and he’ll beat you.

Grab your golf clubs, and he’ll beat you in every round.

You want to hit the nearby bowling alley? Go ahead and challenge the guy who has bowled multiple perfect games in competition, and might bowl professionally when he’s done with baseball.

Yamamoto has thrown back-to-back complete games this postseason, but when he comes to Betts’ house to bowl, uh, it doesn’t work out too well.

“He actually comes over pretty often,’’ Betts said, last bowling against him before their flight to Toronto. “He knows how to keep it on the lane. He tries to curve it a little bit. He’s learning.’’

You want to pick up a ping-pong paddle? Feel free to go ahead and embarrass yourself.

Pickleball? Good luck trying to beat him after he picked up the sport a couple of years ago.

“It’s absolutely insane what he does,’’ Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy says. “But I feel like the only person that I can think of that could do something like that is Mookie. I’m sure he could pitch. He can do everything else, why not?’’

Has there ever been a sport Betts hasn’t conquered, we ask?

“Uh, not really,’’ he says. “It’s because I try and play the stuff that I’m good at. If I’m not good at it, I’ll figure it out, learn, and at least to be serviceable in it. I think my brain just kind of works that way when it comes to sports.

“I can’t really explain it, it just does.’’

Ok, have you ever tried a sport in which you didn’t dominate?

“Honestly, I don’t even remember,’’ he says.

Well, considering he has excelled at every position he’s played on a baseball field, every outfield position, second base and shortstop, why not try the hot corner at third? How about first base? For giggles, why not put on the shin guards and catch? He pitched in high school, why not now?

“I don’t think there’s anything that his competitive drive wouldn’t allow him to do,’’ Dodgers reliever Blake Treinen says. “Could he pitch and get a few big outs? You know he could. He’d probably be a great reliever, and then win a Gold Glove doing it.’’

Sorry, Betts says, but he’s good sticking at shortstop for now.

“I don’t want to do anything else,’’ Betts said. “I just want to win, that’s it, whatever it takes.’’

Besides, Betts cares too much about winning than to turn his versatility into a sideshow. He’s too busy making sure the Dodgers don’t become vulnerable at a time when the rest of the baseball world is trying to gun them down.

“Nothing’s easy,’’ Betts says. “Winning the World Series is hard in itself, but then coming back is another animal because the target’s always on your back.

“But it’s also fun to play like that. There’s an art to it. There’s a mindset to it. It’s something that a lot of us Dodgers have learned to embrace. Not everyone can say that they got to play on a team that was expected to win, loving those expectations, and embracing those expectations.’’

Betts also is Exhibit 1-A to the argument that the Dodgers aren’t bad for baseball with their massive payroll, but actually are just smarter than most teams.

The Boston Red Sox shopped Betts a year before he was eligible for free agency in February 2020. Any team in baseball could have had him. His contract didn’t include a no-trade clause. The Red Sox were just looking for prospects in return.

The Dodgers sent the Red Sox outfielder Alex Verdugo, young shortstop Jeter Downs, catcher Connor Wong and agreed to take on starter David Price’s contract. Well, Verdugo has turned into nothing more than a journeyman. Downs is playing for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in Japan. Wong hit .190 in a backup role with the Red Sox. And Price retired three years ago.

The Red Sox haven’t been back to the World Series since the trade.

The Dodgers have been to the World Series three times in six years.

“So, anybody could have made that trade,’’ Betts said. “Everybody’s capable of doing the same thing. Everybody can spend money if they want to, and our guys want to.

“I’m sure there’s a whole money component to it, which I’m not here to debate all that. I just know that everybody has the ability to do this, and we chose to do it. We enjoy winning from the top to the bottom.’’

And, oh, have they won.

They’ve been to the postseason 13 consecutive times, won 12 NL West titles, five pennants and are trying for a third championship in that timeframe.

Hello dynasty, it’s Mookie.

“I don’t even know what a dynasty really is,’’ Betts says. “I just know we’ve been good. [Team president] Andrew [Friedman] and those guys keep putting a good product out there. There’s no secret. There’s no magic formula. We just want to win, and purely your will to win.

“You look in here, and everybody is driven to win. You want to be with good guys. You want to come to a clubhouse where nobody gets in trouble. Nobody’s idling. Nobody argues. Nobody fights. You kind of come in and take care of your business. We hold each other accountable, which I think is huge.

“We just want to be the smartest players, the best players, the most talented players, and yeah, the nicest as well.’’

It’s all that Mookie wants, and well, a few more of those championship rings for his other hand, as well.

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The Los Angeles Lakers needed someone to supply the offense against the Sacramento Kings on Sunday night and Austin Reaves was willing to take on the challenge.

He set a new career-high of 51 points, surpassing his previous mark of 45, in the Lakers’ 127-120 victory over the rival Kings. He became the 12th player in Lakers history to record 50-plus points in a single game.

Reaves had the opportunity to lead the offense following the absence of Luka Doncic, who was ruled out in the hours leading up to the game due to a finger sprain and a lower left leg contusion and will miss at least a week.

‘He was fantastic and did a little bit of everything tonight,’ Lakers coach JJ Redick told reporters after the game. ‘He was all over the place and scored the basketball at an incredible level. … He lives in the moment and is ready for every moment that comes.’

Reaves filled in the void left behind and nearly produced a triple-double performance and finishing with 11 rebounds and nine assists for the Lakers.

The fifth-year player also had a career-high night from the free-throw line, shooting 21-of-22. He also became the eighth player in franchise history to make 20-plus free throws in a game.

The Lakers players celebrated with Reaves in the moments after the game and in the locker room to acknowledge his big night.

‘It means a lot,’ Reaves said. ‘We play basketball for those moments, and for them to treat me like that is special.’

Lakers vs. Kings highlights

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