Lakers Unleashed Awesome Vintage LeBron James Against Mavs

LeBron James had the urge to drop a near-40 triple double. The king of basketball takes his job really seriously. We’re a few weeks into the regular season, and the Los Angeles Lakers are doing a really good job,

This is actually a refreshment. LeBron had a terrible debut with the Lakers, and he needed to remind everybody of his power. He scored 39 points, 16 assists, 12 rebounds, and 4 steals.

been a while since we had one of those im LeBron James bitch and youre not games. good to be back

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) November 2, 2019

The Lakers beat the Mavericks 119-110, jumping to 4-1 with their fourth straight win. LeBron James and Dallas star Luka Doncic both had triple-doubles. Doncic scored 31 points with 15 assists and 13 rebounds.

Anthony Davis scored 31 points with eight rebounds, and Kyle Kuzma added nine in 19 minutes in his season debut.

It's not supposed to be easy. #LakeShow @KingJames: 39 pts, 16 ast, 12 reb, 4 stl @AntDavis23: 31 pts pic.twitter.com/eHjvqtgnpM

— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) November 2, 2019

“Offensively we just couldn’t make a shot to start the game,” LeBron said. “… But the most important thing, we continued to defend. That’s what’s always going to keep us in the game.”

One problem for LeBron’s team was that they shot only 30.4% in the first quarter. They did improve in the second quarter, their rebounding sagged. The Mavericks out-rebounded the Lakers 17-4 in the quarter en route to a 58-48 halftime lead.

“No one panicked,” Lakers coach Frank Vogel said. “Everybody just stayed the course. Stuck to what we do, what we know works.”

LeBron was pretty specific about the mistakes his team made.

“I had every thought in mind of they were going to try to foul on the inbounds, they would try to foul on the drive,” LeBron said. “I’m reading and reacting to the defense. When I seen Danny get a clean look, I just tried to put it on time, on target.”

“It takes a lot of patience and a lot of failure,” Danny Green added. “I’ve been in that situation multiple times, many times. And I’ve missed. Sometimes you’re gonna miss. But you’ve gotta go take that next shot and don’t worry about it.”

The Mavericks are really talented, but they made a few mistakes down the stretch. LeBron was pretty strong, and we really like to see him play this good.