The Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Lakers probably went through one of the hardest battles we have seen this season. In a game full of inconsistent officiating and hard fouls, the Mavericks managed to pull off a 2OT win and walk out of the Crypto.com Arena with another win. The Lakers fought hard but just ran out of steam at the end.
The Lakers game-planned to stop Luka Doncic all game, making him go 15 minutes without a bucket from the middle of the third quarter to the end of the fourth. However, the bucket that he did hit was a clutch 3 that sent the game to OT. He repeated that to send it to 2OT, where other players stepped up to close the game out.
LeBron James struggled, while Russell Westbrook was the best Laker on the night. Fans couldn’t believe the battle they saw and were particularly critical of the officiating.
Tough one pic.twitter.com/7ygKh4AZwn
— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) January 13, 2023
LeBron after settling for a 3 and missing pic.twitter.com/tDvQW5Wo08
— LakeShowYo (@LakeShowYo) January 13, 2023
Lebron let luka get an easy layup then yells at Troy brown lmaoo pic.twitter.com/4QhPwfiHIC
— John (@iam_johnw) January 13, 2023
Christian Wood earning his money and then some tonight.
Clamping LeBron in the clutch.
— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) January 13, 2023
“LeBron for three!” pic.twitter.com/8InUD22HR9
— Ballsack Sports (@BallsackSports) January 13, 2023
Lakers won’t win. But this the 20th “they fought hard” participation medals I’d give them this year.
— Ballsack Sports (@BallsackSports) January 13, 2023
Luka tonight:
35 PTS
14 REB
13 AST
4 3P
6-0 in his last 6 games against the Lakers. pic.twitter.com/goiruOGyvs
— StatMuse (@statmuse) January 13, 2023
The referees at the Lakers vs Mavs game… pic.twitter.com/p7GOg1U3Ty
— NBA Memes (@NBAMemes) January 13, 2023
This is why the NBA needs to implement referee fines. They COMPLETELY ruined the outcome of this game.
— Lakers All Day Everyday (@LADEig) January 13, 2023
Oh no, referee. Just missed the biggest call of the game
— Trevor Lane (@Trevor_Lane) January 13, 2023
Luka Dončić with the clutch three… https://t.co/4VrjNQ1a0B
— Landon Thomas (@sixfivelando) January 13, 2023
https://twitter.com/JamesEdrick3/status/1613769117143814144
Russ contributing to winning basketball we are fucking here bro pic.twitter.com/lLLJ8u5BjR
— 𝘾𝙤𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙎𝙝𝙪𝙗𝙝 ⁶𓅓 (@OVOLakeShow) January 13, 2023
As the game keeps evolving the NBA officiating is at an all-time worst.
— Panda Hank (@pandahank41) January 13, 2023
This is some godawful reffing
— Rich Stayman (@RichStayman) January 13, 2023
this might end up being the first game in association history where both teams join forces to jump the refs
— m. taddow (@MikeTaddow) January 13, 2023
Doncic’s body language after Wood’s pass into the stands. pic.twitter.com/kbV8YZKtC3
— Brad Townsend (@townbrad) January 13, 2023
Crazy Luka and Westbrook have been beefing since Luka was 16 lmao pic.twitter.com/EbwXU9zgE6
— r/Mavericks (@redditmavericks) January 13, 2023
Luka has lived in Russell Westbrook’s head since Luka was 16
— Kirk Henderson (@KirkSeriousFace) January 13, 2023
Westbrook last 4 games:
28 PTS | 7 REB | 5 AST
25 PTS | 7 REB | 7 AST
23 PTS | 5 REB | 15 AST
18 PTS | 11 REB | 9 AST
6th man of the year favorite. pic.twitter.com/5mCdLOehAF
— StatMuse (@statmuse) January 13, 2023
https://twitter.com/JJMaples55_MST/status/1613766277570658309
January Westbrook is real
— * (@mookburner) January 13, 2023
This loss will be a tough one for the Lakers to stomach, as they came back from 19 down early in the game to make it tough on the Mavs. Jason Kidd played all of his starters for almost 50 minutes, with Doncic ending the game with over 53 minutes played.
The Lakers Need To Find Their Winning Touch Again
The Lakers’ recent win streak to start the year seems like an old memory after their last couple of losses. LeBron’s jumper wasn’t falling and players like Christian Wood did well to limit his production inside. However, this was a great fight by the overall team, as Westbrook, Wenyen Gabriel, and more had big moments throughout the night.
The Mavericks are top-4 in the West, so this wasn’t going to be an easy win anyway. But it must suck to lose another game in OT after making a massive comeback, as they had done against the Boston Celtics earlier this season as well. Hopefully, Anthony Davis is closer to returning and the Lakers can keep their playoff push alive.
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