LOS ANGELES – After scoring 35 points in his second straight game to open the season and leading the Lakers to a 123-116 win over the Phoenix Suns and a 2-0 record, Anthony Davis was asked if he could name the two other Laker greats to match his torrid start.

It took him six wrong guesses — he had to rattle off Kobe Bryant, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Shaquille O’Neal, James Worthy and LeBron James — before he got one right.

“JerryWest?” Davis asked, rightly mentioning the Hall of Famer who opened the 1969-70 season with 39 points in his first game and 42 in his second.

James, who was standing next to Davis at his locker, helped the big man identify the other with an assist.

“Elgin,” James said.

“Elgin Baylor,” Davis continued, mentioning the forward who started the 1962-63 season with 71 points in his first two games, matching Davis’ total to date.

It was an eye-opening launch for Davis, who at age 31 and in his 13th season in the league and sixth with the Lakers, finally appears in position to take up the torch as the team’s best player.

“It’s very important that he is the main focal point for us every night,” the 39-year-old James said after the game, which finished with 21 points and eight assists. “We know what he will do defensively, but offensively we have to find him in multiple places on the floor throughout the game. And we have done that in two games.”

However, James, a 22-year veteran, isn’t exactly admitting to slowing down. Look no further than his answer to whether he’ll play on the second night of a back-to-back against the Sacramento Kings on Saturday for proof of that.

“I plan on playing every game (this season),” James said. “We’ll see what happens if I don’t do it.”

LA recovered from an early 22-point deficit against the Suns, with Davis, James and Austin Reaves (26 points, 8 assists, 3 steals) leading the way.

“What he’s done is pretty surreal, but I expect him to dominate the game in many facets,” Reaves said of Davis. “I’m just lucky to have him as a teammate.”

And it seems like Lakers fans should feel lucky to have JJ Redick as their coach.

You’d have to name as many names as Davis — Darvin Ham, Frank Vogel, Luke Walton, Byron Scott, Mike D’Antoni and Mike Brown — before mentioning the last coach to lead the franchise to a 2-0 start: Phil Jackson in 2010 -2011.

Redick, like the rest of the team, also passed the honor on to Davis.

“The idea is to get (Davis) involved as much as possible,” Redick said. “We recognize what kind of player he is and that he can create mismatches. There is a level of comfort and confidence that he knows that if the game gets crazy, he knows the ball will come back to him. … The ball will find him.”