Like LeBron James, Bradley Beal strives for All-NBA status on a losing team

LOS ANGELES — For so long, Bradley Beal was a wingman. For the first time, the NBA is seeing him as something far more.
Ahead of the Lakers’ home game against the Washington Wizards on Tuesday, Coach Luke Walton revealed the tentpole of his team’s game plan: Stop Beal.
“Bradley Beal is a monster,” he said. “Our priority has gotta be containing him the best that we can. He’s scoring all over the place. He’s playmaking for them. So we got a game plan