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The Dallas Mavericks left Staples Heart on Friday with a 138-115 defeat to the reigning champion Los Angeles Lakers, and Mavs superstar guard Luka Doncic known as out the trouble for what it changed into.
“I judge it be every thing about mentality and toughness,” Doncic told newshounds. “It will psychological. If any individual’s rebounding savor that, you’ve got appropriate got to box them out regardless of what. We savor now started working on it, and now we savor appropriate got to enhance.”
Dallas changed into flat-out owned by LA’s protection. The Lakers out-rebounded the the Mavs 53-27 and outscored them 35-0 in 2d-chance aspects.
Primarily based on Lakers PR (h/t Brad Townsend of the Dallas Morning Info), L.A. changed into the major team since 1996-97 to achieve 35-plus 2d-chance aspects and grab its opponent to zero.
Kristaps Porzingis’ eventual return from his knee break ought to assist stabilize a Dallas offense in desperate need of some balance, nonetheless an 0-2 open to the 2020-21 marketing campaign is totally not what the expected Western Convention contenders were hoping for.
