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How Luka and LeBron can coexist in the Lakers' offense

Last season, with the Dallas Mavericks down by two points in the fourth quarter of a December matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers, Luka Doncic called his own number near the top of the key.

He had Lakers big man Jaxson Hayes on an island before pounding a couple dribbles to his left and pulling up as if he were going to take a short jumper. Hayes left his feet briefly before challenging what he thought would be a 7-foot jumper.

The problem was Hayes couldn't see what Doncic was doing next, because the floor general had taken the ball and held it behind Hayes' head before whipping a dime with his left hand to a wide-open Dante Exum, who was spotting up at the arc and drilled a 3-pointer to give the Mavs the lead.