The NBA Lakers faced the Mavericks at home on the 26th, and it was also the first time Doncic faced his old club after the trade of the century. In this game, he scored 19 points, 15 rebounds, and 12 assists, and came to the Lakers to create their first triple-double, and finally teamed up with James, who scored 27 points, to help the Lakers win 107-99 and close the three-game winning streak.
Doncic
Former Mavericks star Doncic was sent to Los Angeles earlier this month, and the performance of the new team is getting better, the former team faced the Nuggets with 32 points and 10 rebounds, and handed over to the Lakers' masterpiece, this time facing the former club in the first half of the offensive and defensive ends, scoring 12 points, 12 rebounds, 7 assists, as well as 2 steals and 2 blocks, leading the Purple and Gold to take a 59-51 lead in the first two quarters, and the Mavericks mainly relied on Irving's 18 points to bite the score.
The Mavericks rushed to catch up after the basket, K. Thompson opened fire on the outside to start the team's offense, the team shot 5 of 9 three-pointers in this quarter, on the other hand, the Lakers' offense fell into a dumb fire, and the Mavericks chased 77:78 before the start of the fourth quarter with only one point left.
Doncic
The two sides went back and forth in the final quarter, James scored a dunk in the last 4 minutes to help the Lakers pull away to a 96-91 lead, and James scored 16 points in the last quarter, extinguishing the Mavericks' arrogance, scoring 27 points and 12 rebounds in the whole game, and Reaves also had a 20-point performance.
For the Mavericks, Irving scored a game-high 35 points, but unfortunately he was busy in vain, K. Thompson scored 22 points on 5-of-10 shooting from the outside, and Christie, a young player who was sent to the Mavericks along with A. Davis in the trade, contributed 10 points and 6 assists.