Bertan played less than seven minutes (6:48), during which he did not score, as his only long shot was inaccurate. “Mavericks” scored eight points less than their opponents when Rujieniets was on the field.
The top scorer in the Dallas team with 35 points, 14 rebounds and 13 assists was Slovenian Luka Doncic.
Meanwhile, Russell Westbrook led the hosts with 28 points, and LeBron James added 24 more.
The “Mavericks” were in the lead for most of the game, but the “Lakers” took over the reins at the beginning of the last quarter. Soon, the visitors came forward again, but in the end “Lakers” were again better. In the last seconds of regular time, Dončić equalized the score with an accurate long shot, leading the game to overtime. The first overtime also ended in a tie, but the Mavericks were still superior in the second.
This was the first success for the Dallas team in the last three games. In the overall ranking of the season, “Mavericks” with 24 victories in 43 games is in the 4th place of the NBA Western Conference.
“Mavericks” will play their next game on Saturday against Portland “Trail Balzers”.
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