Lakers Lose To Mavericks, 122-111
- Updated: March 8, 2017
Numbers are historic in sports. 755, 894, 71,940, 38,387 are the numbers of the all-time leaders in each of the four major sports. Last night Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki joined a very select club in the NBA when he scored his 30,000th point.
On his signature fade-away jumper in the second quarter over the outreach of Larry Nance Jr., Nowitzki, the greatest international player ever to wear an NBA jersey joined the 30,000 point club that was only occupied by the top five scorers in league’s history. By the way, the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Lakers, 122-111 in Dallas. Nowitzki led all scorers with 25 points.
The main story-line of Nowitzki’s achievement was overshadowed by Julius Randle‘s triple-double. Randle scored 13 points, grabbed 18 rebounds and dished out 10 assists in 35 minutes in his time on the floor. Both D’Angelo Russell and Jordan Clarkson led the Lakers with 22 points.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS FOR THE LAKERS:
The eleven-point loss had some bright points, Los Angeles was able to force the Mavs to turn the ball over(14 turnovers), which included nine steals. The Lakers also were very efficient in the paint, outscoring the Mavs 46-35.
NEXT UP FOR THE LAKERS:
The team will head to the Phoenix to face the Suns. Both teams are coming into this game riding losing streaks. Phoenix dropped their previous game to the Washington Wizards 131-127. Los Angeles(19-45) is in the middle of an eight-game skid, two games behind the Suns for fourth place in the NBA’s Pacific Division.
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