{"id":432116,"date":"2026-01-25T10:29:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T10:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/432116\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T10:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T10:29:12","slug":"nba-fantastic-luka-doncic-inspires-la-lakers-to-win-at-dallas-mavericks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/432116\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA: ‘Fantastic’ Luka Doncic inspires LA Lakers to win at Dallas Mavericks"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Lakers trailed by 15 points with seven minutes and 41 seconds remaining, but overturned the deficit to secure a third win in four games.<\/p>\n

LeBron James scored 11 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter, while Max Christie top scored for Dallas with 24 points.<\/p>\n

“I think the biggest thing this year, he’s just more comfortable,” said James about Doncic., external<\/a> <\/p>\n

“Understanding the system, understanding the city, the city embracing him. Understanding it’s his team, and we’re all rallying around him. <\/p>\n

“Obviously we know it’s emotional, a big game, to come back and play your former team. He showed who he is tonight.”<\/p>\n

The result leaves the Lakers fifth in the Western Conference, while the Mavericks are 12th.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Kevin Huerter made a three-pointer just before the buzzer to help the Chicago Bulls beat the Boston Celtics 114-111, while Bam Adebayo scored 26 points as the Miami Heat thrashed the Utah Jazz 147-116.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Minnesota Timberwolves’ home game against the Golden State Warriors was postponed until Sunday following federal immigration officers shooting and killing a man in Minneapolis.<\/a><\/p>\n

“The decision was made to prioritise the safety and security of the Minneapolis community,” said an NBA statement. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Lakers trailed by 15 points with seven minutes and 41 seconds remaining, but overturned the deficit to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432117,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-432116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}