With LeBron James and Anthony Davis sidelined, Luka Doncic and Dallas cruise to a 128-110 win, dropping the Lakers into 11th in the Western Conference via tiebreakers.
DALLAS — If you never looked at the scoreboard once on Tuesday night, the Lakers’ faces would have said it all.
Perhaps most telling of all was General Manager Rob Pelinka, whose face was sullen and somber as he surveyed a damning performance by the cast he brought in to surround LeBron James and Anthony Davis – two absent stars from the latest disaster. The final score was 128-110, but the Mavericks led by as much as 37 points – not even the largest deficit of the Lakers’ season. But it still felt like a low point, especially as even the most meager postseason ambitions continue to trickle away from the Lakers.
It only took 12 minutes before the Lakers were already behind by 18 points as Maxi Kleber hit a driving layup before the first-quarter buzzer. The Lakers never recovered.
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