Super star LeBron James advanced the celebration of his birthday, this Monday, and did so by reaching the mark of 9,000 assists as a professional, in addition to giving another victory to his Los Angeles Lakers team. James, who turns 35, became the ninth player in the history of the NBA who reached the mark of 9,000 assists as a professional and the Lakers easily beat 108-95 against the Dallas Mavericks and his star base-escort Slovenian Luka Doncic .

The Lakers' ex-star, Kobe Bryant , who hugged James during the game and Doncic, who had him as the hero he always wanted to imitate since he was a child, was also a luxury spectator, shook hands at the end of the match. While centerman Anthony Davis with 23 points, nine rebounds, four assists, two ball recoveries, four losses, and a cap, was responsible for leading the attack of the Lakers (26-7), who remain leading leaders in the Division Pacific and Western Conference. The Lakers, who had faced visitors to the Portland Trail Blazers the night before, who also won from visitors (120-128) now have a perfect 4-0 mark in the series of games on days at home and local.

James was the great protagonist of the night when in the absence of 4:35 minutes to conclude the first quarter was responsible for giving a deep pass to Davis, who with a mate scored the basket that allowed his partner to become part of the select list of the largest in the NBA. Then James finished the game with a double-double of 13 points, 13 assists, six rebounds and two ball recoveries. The victory was the second consecutive of the Lakers after having suffered four straight losses.

A bad day for Doncic

Luka Doncic , who did not have his best individual performance and inspiring inspiration, in addition to suffering a spectacular fall on his back in the absence of 2:02 minutes to conclude the second quarter, luckily without negative consequences, led the Mavericks with 19 points. But Doncic was far from the triple-double, the ninth of the season, leader of the league, that the night before had won against the Golden State Warriors. The former Real Madrid player scored just 5 of 14 field shots and missed the six triple attempts he made, but made up his final contribution by being perfect from the 9-9 personnel line.

Doncic also distributed seven assists and captured four rebounds, including three defenders in the 30 minutes he was on the Staples Center track.

While he recovered two balls, but did not have the best control by losing six, of the 18 that the team added, in addition to committing three personal fouls.

Reserve base guard Delon Wright finished with 14 points that left him as sixth player and second top scorer of the Mavericks (21-11), who broke a streak of two consecutive wins and remain second in the Southwest Division, where the Houston Rockets, Although they also lost tonight against the New Orleans Pelicans, they are still leaders with a 22-11 mark.

The Mavericks finished the game with just 36 (32-89) percent of success in the field shots, including 30 (14-46) of the first half, the lowest of the whole season.

The victory was the second consecutive of the Lakers after having suffered four straight losses and they were always in control of the score and the pace of play.

The Lakers had the advantage of 35-31 in the middle of the second quarter before they made a 12-2 run that broke the score in their favor the rest of the field.

The Mavericks committed four turnovers in a row, which allowed the Lakers to score seven points and the Angelino team established their biggest advantage of the game with 17 goals in the middle of the third quarter.

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