Dallas Mavericks outscore Los Angeles Lakers 62-35 to register back-to-back wins


Dallas Mavericks outscore Los Angeles Lakers 62-35 to register back-to-back wins

Dwight Powell

Los Angeles Lakers blew a 17-point first half lead against Dallas Mavericks to lose in Anthony Davis’ second game after a 30-game absence. Luka Doncic scored 18 points and 13 assists, while Dwight Powell scored 12 of his season-best 25 points in the 4th quarter. The LA Lakers blew off a 17-point first half lead, to go onto lose the game by 15 points. 

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Talking about the Los Angeles Lakers, Ben McLemore was 4 of 5 from 3 in the first quarter and finished with 20 points, his most for LA. McLemore was 6 of 10 from deep. Dennis Schroder had 16 points and Kyle Kuzma had 14 points registered against his anme. 

Luka Doncic leads Dallas Mavericks past LA Lakers yet again 

The Mavericks swept a two-game home set against the defending NBA champs and moved a game ahead of Portland the all-important sixth seed in the Western Conference. The No. 7 team has to make the playoffs through a play-in format. 

The Lakers, still without fellow star LeBron James and also missing Kentavious Caldwell-Pope with a right ankle sprain two nights after he led LA with a season-high 29 points in a 115-110 loss, dropped the season series with Dallas. LA Lakers is just 1 1/2 games ahead of the Mavericks for fifth place in the Western Conference. 

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More importantly, Anthony Davis was sluggish again coming off 30 games missed because of right calf and heel issues, finishing 5 of 19 from the field. The eight-time All-Star’s best stretch came late in the second quarter, when he scored 10 of his 17 points to help the Lakers turn a four-point edge into a 58-46 halftime lead. 

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