They call him ‘Wolverine’ for a reason, and Marcus Smart gave a jaw-dropping reminder of why during the Los Angeles Lakers’ latest win. He had a tough, painful choice to make to mount a comeback against the Dallas Mavericks.
Tonight’s game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Los Angeles Lakers already carried a lot of weight for Lakers superstar Luka Doncic. It was a setting
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Luka Doncic’s return to Dallas was supposed to be about scoring again. This time, it was about stops. The Lakers erased a 15-point fourth-quarter deficit and beat the Mavericks 116-110, closing the game on a 29-8 run and leaning on Doncic’s defense in the process, writes ESPN’s Dave McMenamin.
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The Lakers looked cooked earlier in the night. Dallas built confidence, the crowd got quiet, and Los Angeles couldn’t string together stops. But this group has leaned on resilience all season, and this comeback felt like a snapshot of that identity.
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What a truly hilarious and odd game from the Lakers. If you simply fell asleep at halftime and woke up for the final minutes of the contest, you’d think it was a straightforward, comfortable win where the Lakers controlled things throughout.
The Lakers may have picked up a key win tonight (116-110), but one moment from the game is sticking out well after the final buzzer. The play in question involved Luka Doncic and Deandre Ayton, who are in the middle of their first season together.
In leading the Los Angeles Lakers to a much-needed 116-110 win, Doncic put up one of his best performances of the season and was even close to adding an 87th career triple-double to his all-time ledger.
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