LA Lakers vs Dallas Mavericks player stats and box score (April 9) | 2024-25 NBA season 

In one of the season's most anticipated games, the LA Lakers defeated the Dallas Mavericks 112-97 on Wednesday at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Superstar Luka Doncic battled his former team for the first time since being traded on Feb. 2. He led LA with 45 points, eight rebounds, six assists and four steals. He shot 16-for-28, including 7-for-10 from the 3-point line. LeBron James finished with 27 points and seven rebounds on 11-for-20 shooting.

Rui Hachimura scored 15 points on 5-for-10 shooting, including 3-for-7 on 3-pointers, while Austin Reaves added 11 points, four rebounds and four assists on 4-for-10 shooting.

Naji Marshall led Dallas with 23 points and eight assists on 9-for-14 shooting, including 2-for-5 from downtown. P.J. Washington had 14 points and five rebounds on 4-for-12 shooting (3-for-7 from beyond the arc). Anthony Davis finished with 13 points, 11 rebounds and six assists on 5-for-13 shooting.

Off the bench, Max Christie scored 11 points on 5-for-8 shooting, while Daniel Gafford added 10 points (4-for-6 shooting) and six rebounds.

The Lakers are No. 3 in the Western Conference with a 49-31 record. They are three and a half games behind the second-seeded Houston Rockets and have a one-and-a-half-game lead over the four-way tie between the LA Clippers, the Denver Nuggets, the Golden State Warriors and the Memphis Grizzlies.

On the other hand, the Mavericks (38-42) have lost three straight games and are sitting at the 10th and final play-in spot. They are one and a half games behind the No. 9 Sacramento Kings and are two and a half games up of the 11th-placed Phoenix Suns.

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LA Lakers vs. Dallas Mavericks player stats and box score

LA Lakers player stats and box score

Player	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3-PT FG	FT	+/-
Rui Hachimura	15	2	2	1	0	1	5-10	3-7	2-2	21
LeBron James	27	7	3	1	0	2	11-20	0-4	5-6	18
Jaxson Hayes	3	5	0	2	0	0	1-3	0-0	1-2	-9
Austin Reaves	11	4	4	1	0	2	4-10	1-5	2-2	19
Luka Doncic	45	8	6	4	0	3	16-28	7-10	6-9	26
Dorian Finney-Smith	5	5	5	1	0	0	2-8	1-6	0-0	29
Gabe Vincent	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-5	0-3	0-0	-16
Jordan Goodwin	0	2	0	2	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-2
Jarred Vanderbilt	2	5	1	2	0	0	1-4	0-0	0-0	-9
Dalton Knecht	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-1
Trey Jemison III	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1
Bronny James	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Shake Milton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alex Len	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Markieff Morris	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Dallas Mavericks player stats and box score

Player	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3-PT FG	FT	+/-
P.J. Washington	14	5	3	2	1	5	4-12	3-7	3-4	-25
Anthony Davis	13	11	6	0	1	4	5-13	0-2	3-5	-10
Dereck Lively II	6	0	0	1	0	1	3-3	0-0	0-0	-17
Klay Thompson	6	2	1	0	0	0	2-8	2-7	0-0	-19
Naji Marshall	23	4	8	1	0	2	9-14	2-5	3-4	-9
Spencer Dinwiddie	5	3	4	0	0	2	1-1	1-1	2-2	0
Max Christie	11	3	3	1	2	3	5-8	1-4	0-2	-7
Caleb Martin	9	3	2	1	0	2	3-7	0-0	3-4	4
Daniel Gafford	10	6	3	0	2	0	4-6	0-0	2-2	7
Dwight Powell	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1
Dante Exum	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jaden Hardy	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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LA Lakers vs. Dallas Mavericks game summary

The Dallas Mavericks had a 30-26 lead over the LA Lakers at the end of the first quarter. Luka Doncic scored 14 points for the Lakers.

LA outscored Dallas 34-27 in the second period to take a 60-57 lead at the break. Doncic already had 31 points, three rebounds, three assists and three steals in the first half. He shot 11-for-16, including 6-for-8 from the 3-point line. LeBron James added eight points on 2-for-7 shooting.

Naji Marshall had 15 points (6-for-9 shooting) and four rebounds for the Mavericks. The Lakers shot 48.8% in the half, while the Mavs went 53.7%.

LA's lead ballooned to 13 in the third quarter as they outscored Dallas 23-19. They had an 83-76 lead heading into the final frame. The Mavs opened the fourth on an 11-2 run. However, the Lakers held on for the win behind James and Doncic.