The Los Angeles Lakers entered the American Airlines Center on Tuesday for a matchup against the Dallas Mavericks. While both teams are out of the current playoff standings, the teams are trending in different directions. Luke Walton’s squad has yet to win a game since the All-Star break and have fallen into the bottom two standings wise in the NBA. On the other hand, Rick Carlisle’s squad is 2.5 games back of the eighth spot and have won six of their last 10.
The 19-44 Lakers started the game with their usual lineup of late, with D’Angelo Russell, Nick Young, Brandon Ingram, Julius Randle and Tarik Black.