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Luca Doncic besides had 8 rebounds and 7 assists successful the Dallas Mavericks' victoryLuka Doncic scored 32 points arsenic the Dallas Mavericks recovered from a half-time shortage to bushed the Los Angeles Lakers 124-115 connected Christmas Day.
The Mavericks trailed 54-43 astatine half-time but scored 51 points successful the 3rd 4th to instrumentality power of the match.
LeBron James scored 38 points for the Lakers, who person mislaid 4 games successful a enactment without the injured Anthony Davis.
Before the game, a statue of Mavericks fable Dirk Nowitzki was unveiled extracurricular the American Airlines Center.
Nowitzki, a 14-time NBA All-Star, spent his full vocation astatine the Mavericks betwixt 1998 and 2019, starring them to their sole NBA rubric successful 2011.
Dirk Nowitzki's 21 years with the Dallas Mavericks is an NBA grounds for astir seasons played with 1 franchise.Elsewhere, two-time reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Nikola Jokic scored 41 points arsenic Denver Nuggets bushed Phoenix Suns 128-125 successful overtime.
Denver constituent defender Jamal Murray tied the crippled with 10.7 seconds remaining of regularisation time, but Aaron Gordon's spectacular dunk changeable with 24 seconds near of overtime acceptable up a 4th consecutive triumph for the Nuggets.
"It's nice. It's conscionable 1 game," said Jokic. "Everybody tin person 1 bully game.
"We support fighting. We person a batch of guys who tin play. I'm conscionable blessed that we are winning. We're playing truly good."
Jayson Tatum has present scored 30 oregon much points for 5 successive games arsenic his 42 points helped the Boston Celtics to a 139-118 triumph implicit the Milwaukee Bucks.
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored a team-high 27 points successful reply for the Bucks, who person present mislaid 3 consecutive games.
The Golden State Warriors, inactive without injured apical scorer Stephen Curry, bushed the Memphis Grizzlies 123-109 for lone their 3rd triumph successful 10 matches.
Jordan Poole top-scored with 32 points for the Warriors earlier being ejected with 9:20 remaining for his 2nd method foul.
Ja Morant scored 36 points successful reply for the Grizzlies, who gaffe to 3rd successful the Western Conference.
Joel Embiid scored 35 points and James Harden added 29 arsenic the Philadelphia 76ers bushed the New York Knicks 119-112.
The 76ers person present won 8 matches successful a enactment without without injured defender Tyrese Maxey.
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