Luka Dončić is getting used to seeing the Dallas Mavericks on the other side of the court nine months after the trade that sent him to the Los Angeles Lakers.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Austin Reaves scored 38 points, Luka Doncic added 35 points and 11 assists in his third meeting with his former team, and the Lakers spoiled Anthony Davis’ return to Los Angeles with a 129-119 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night.

The Dallas Mavericks played the first night of a back-to-back against the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night for the final game of NBA Cup action for the Mavs. The Lakers had already clinched the group, and the Mavs had already been eliminated, but any matchup between these two teams will be must-see TV.

Ayton and the Lakers are searching for their sixth-straight win on Friday. With a victory, they could advance to 14-4 on the year, getting a few games within the Oklahoma City Thunder, who have won all but one of their first 19 games of the season.

The Lakers have the NBA's third-best winning percentage — a standard of play having been set early in the year and met routinely.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/nba/mavericks/onsi as Luka Doncic thinks Lakers vs. Mavericks will 'always be special'. The Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Lakers will forever be tied together after Luka Doncic was traded to Tinseltown on Feb. 1.

In a further blow to their already fragile rotation, the Mavericks announced that Klay Thompson would be unavailable for the game Saturday against the Clippers as he continues to manage a left knee injury. However, a short time later, the injury report was updated to say that Thompson is available to play.

Austin Reaves anotó 38 puntos, Luka Doncic añadió 35 unidades y 11 asistencias en su tercer encuentro contra su antiguo equipo, y los Lakers arruinaron el regreso de Anthony Davis a Los Ángeles, al doblegar el viernes 129-119 a los Mavericks de Dallas.

Jason Kidd rolled with undrafted rookie free agent Ryan Nembhard as the starting point guard, and he responded with a good outing of 17 points and 4 assists. The first guard off the bench was Brandon Williams,