Luka Doncic gave Dallas the lead for good with 6:24 to go, Dante Exum buried three subsequent 3-pointers on a career-best night from long range and the Mavericks held off the visiting Los Angeles Lakers 127–125 on Tuesday night, Dec. 12.
Doncic finished with a team-high 33 points, Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 32 and Exum tallied 26 for the Mavericks, who welcomed back Hardaway and Grant Williams from injuries but remained without Kyrie Irving (heel contusion).
