The Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks are two teams headed in different directions this season, as after starting the season 10-10 the Lakers have since gone 9-34 and hold the worst record in the Western Conference.
The Mavericks, on the other hand, started off the season as the worst team in the West, but have picked up their play in recent weeks and now at 26-36 are just 1.5 games out of the eighth seed in the West.
Sunday night was another tough loss for the Lakers, as they fought back from 14 points down in the fourth quarter to tie the game against the New Orleans Pelicans.