Basketball
NBA: The Mavericks injure the Lakers, who remain in poor shape
The Mavericks went through Los Angeles and barely edged out the Lakers 109-104. Branson and Doncic were the ones who did the damage to the hosts, who had LeBron James as the top scorer for another night.
The Mavericks forced the Lakers to a new loss (3rd straight) as they went through Los Angeles 109-104 and went up to 37-25 in the season. The Dallas team spoke at crucial points and with Doncic and Branson strong they hurt LeBron’s team even more as they need to find solutions to their problems.
The Lakers showed they could react in the third period, which ended early, but the Mavericks bounced back in the fourth 12 minutes, hitting the gas and leaving Los Angeles victorious. First scorer for the Mavericks was Doncic with 25 points while Branson had 22 with 4/6 three points. For the Lakers, who are now 27-34 this season, LeBron had 26 points with 3/7 three points and 12 rebounds and Anthony had 20 points with 3/6 three points.
THE TWELVE MINUTES: 25-30, 56-71, 87-85, 104-109
LAKERS: Reeves 2, Johnson 11 (3), James 26 (3/7 3-points, 12 rebounds), Monk 17 (3), Westbrook 12 (8 assists), Anthony 20 (3), Horton-Tucker 8, Howard 2 , Basemore 6 (2).
EXTRAORDINARY: Bullock 7 (1), Finney-Smith 16 (3), Powell 13 (7 rebounds), Doncic 25 (9/16 two points), Branson 22 (4), Kleber 6 (7 rebounds), Green 6, Diguidi 14 (2), Bertans
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