After five losses in their last six games, all of which came on the road, the South Bay Lakers returned home to face the Rip City Remix, a team they defeated 141-130 nearly a week ago in Oregon.

At the UCLA Health Training Center, the Lakers were red-hot offensively early. They scored 41 points in the first quarter and held the lead for most of the first half en route to a 76-68 halftime lead. But afterward, South Bay went into a drought and got caught up in a dogfight.

With 2:50 to go in the fourth quarter, it trailed 117-108, and despite scoring six points in a row to make things interesting, it ended up on the wrong side of a 122-116 decision.

Power forward Drew Timme led South Bay with 27 points on 11-of-18 field-goal shooting, to go along with eight rebounds and seven assists. Wing Kobe Bufkin scored 18 points and guard Chris Mañon contributed 20 points, 11 rebounds, three assists, three steals and one block.

Bronny James made an appearance for South Bay, and he made four of his 10 shot attempts and three of his eight 3-point tries. He finished with 11 points, six assists and two rebounds.

This article originally appeared on LeBron Wire: South Bay Lakers recap: G League Lakers fall short to Rip City