Los Angeles Lakers second-year point guard Lonzo Ball is still struggling with his outside shot, but that's not going to stop the former UCLA Bruin from driving the lane and slamming it home.

Wednesday night against the Cleveland Cavaliers in LeBron James' return to Cleveland, Lonzo Ball showed off his hops with a nice dunk.

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Lonzo Ball entered Wednesday averaging 7.8 points, 4.9 rebounds and 4.9 assists while shooting 38.0 percent from the field, 34.3 percent from beyond the arc and 61.5 percent from the free-throw line. With veteran point guard Rajon Rondo out with a broken hand, Lonzo Ball's minutes and burden to run the Lakers' offense is going to be even bigger during this stretch of games that Rondo will miss.

The Lakers defeated the Cavaliers to improve to 10-7 on the season. Lonzo Ball finished with 15 points, seven rebounds and six assists in 36 minutes of action.

Los Angeles has now won two games in a row and their defense is starting to become better as well. Lonzo Ball and the Lakers will look to make it three wins in a row on Friday when they host the Utah Jazz at Staples Center. The hope in LA is that this performance by Ball will lead to more scoring outputs in the future.