{"id":72325,"date":"2025-08-10T12:34:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T12:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/72325\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T12:34:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T12:34:07","slug":"first-lakers-mavericks-game-of-2025-26-could-come-early-in-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/72325\/","title":{"rendered":"First Lakers-Mavericks game of 2025-26 could come early in season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/dallas-mavericks\/6\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dallas Mavericks;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Dallas Mavericks<\/a> fans are still understandably upset about Luka Doncic, arguably the greatest player in franchise history, getting traded to the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/los-angeles-lakers\/13\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Los Angeles Lakers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> six months ago. Unfortunately for them, Doncic just signed a <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/luka-doncic-agrees-long-term-022249708.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:three-year contract extension;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">three-year contract extension<\/a>, which means he will be wearing the Purple and Gold for at least the next few years.<\/p>\n<p>When Doncic returned to Dallas for a game on April 9 this past season, Mavericks fans showered him with lots of love. He responded by dropping 45 points on 16-of-28 field-goal shooting, eight rebounds, six assists and four assists in a 112-97 Lakers win.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The schedule for the 2025-26 NBA season hasn&#8217;t been released yet, but a few details have been leaked, and according to Marc Stein, the first Lakers-Mavericks tilt of the new season will likely take place in late November as part of group play in the Emirates NBA Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The Lakers and Mavs are both in West Group B along with the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/los-angeles-clippers\/12\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Los Angeles Clippers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Los Angeles Clippers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/memphis-grizzlies\/29\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Memphis Grizzlies;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/new-orleans-pelicans\/3\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New Orleans Pelicans;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">New Orleans Pelicans<\/a>. With their outstanding frontcourt, which includes No. 1 overall draft pick Cooper Flagg, the Mavs could make the race to win West Group B interesting.<\/p>\n<p>Expect beleaguered Dallas fans to welcome Doncic back with open arms the first time the Lakers play at American Airlines Center this fall.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on LeBron Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/lebronwire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/2025\/08\/10\/first-lakers-mavericks-game-of-2025-26-could-come-early-in-season\/85597223007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:First Lakers-Mavericks game of 2025-26 could come early in season;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">First Lakers-Mavericks game of 2025-26 could come early in season<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dallas Mavericks fans are still understandably upset about Luka Doncic, arguably the greatest player in franchise history, getting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[761,760,11952,1055,3014,32435,7741,355,6932,99],"class_list":["post-72325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-cooper-flagg","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-luka-doncic","tag-marc-stein","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-nba","tag-new-orleans-pelicans","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}