On Wednesday evening, the Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks squared off in an uncommon 5:30 p.m. PT tipoff. The Mavericks had won the previous two meetings between the two clubs this season, making this their third meeting overall.

With LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Kyrie Irving, and Luka Doncic all wearing uniforms, all the stars were at their disposal. In the end, the Lakers prevailed, convincingly winning 127-110 to return to.500 at 21-21.

In this game, the big me𝚗 got off to a strong start as Davis put L.A. on the board with a slam and Dereck Lively II scored Dallas’s first six points.

The Mavericks took early control of the game after scoring seven points in a row with the score knotted at ten. From then on, however, Davis picked up steam, making two baskets to put his side within striking distance until James picked up steam and they took the lead again.

Although James and Davis got things rolling early, Max Christie and Rui Hachimura both began to play effectively off the bench, and at the conclusion of the first quarter, Los Angeles was up 32–26.

Both sides had a terrible first half of the second quarter, committing errors and missing easy baskets. Eventually, however, Doncic got rolling, and L.A.’s оffensive game took off when Austin Reaves scored five points in a row.

Following Taurean Prince’s Flagrant 1 foul call on Grant Williams, the Mavericks were able to finish the half well and reduce their lead to 55-53 before the half ended.

At the start of the third quarter, James was attacking and made a three-point play. After then, D’Angelo Russell scored five points in a row, and Davis made a layup to push the advantage to double digits for the first time.

From there, Russell nailed another three, and Reaves Һit Prince with an alley-oop in transition as the Lakers kept building their advantage. James scored three of his own, and the advantage quickly grew to 22.

After that, Dallas responded with eight consecutive baskets, but Davis kept up his impressive playmaking, and L.A. led 97-80 heading into the fourth and final quarter.

In order for the Mavericks to have a chance to win the game again, they would have needed to start the fourth quarter strongly. But Russell made sure that didn’t happen, as he kept hitting long balls, increasing the advantage to 23 two minutes into the fourth.

Eventually, Dallas gave up early, letting Los Angeles win easily.