One night after the Dallas Mavericks failed to overcome the depth of a short-handed team, they flexed their own roster depth in front of a packed home crowd. The expectations were high for an early January matchup between the Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Lakers entering the season.

A couple of Western Conference hopefuls right on top of each other in the standings meet up on Tuesday, Jan. 7 when the Dallas Mavericks host the Los Angeles Lakers at the American Airlines Center in Dallas.

Everything is bigger in Texas… including the disappointment. The Los Angeles Lakers kicked off their Texas road trip on Sunday with a heartbreaking loss to the Houston Rockets.

The Los Angeles Lakers head to he American Airlines Center to face the Dallas Mavericks in a Western Conference matchup. The Lakers are 20-15, which puts them in fifth place in the west. The Mavs are 20-16, which puts them in sixth place, directly behind the climbing Lakers.

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LA went into a two-game Texas trip on a high note, before going 0-2 and confounding JJ Redick with its defensive lapses.

SportsLine's model has simulated the Dallas Mavericks vs. Los Angeles Lakers matchup 10,000 times and revealed its picks for Tuesday

The Los Angeles Lakers (20-14) finish a 2-game road trip on Tuesday against the Dallas Mavericks (20-16). Tip-off from American Airlines is at 7:30 p.m. ET (TNT). Let's analyze BetMGM Sportsbook's NBA odds around the Lakers vs.

LeBron James delivered a message about having to move on quickly after the Lakers were defeated by the Mavericks.

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James defied Father Time with a dunk of the year candidate in his team's 118-97 loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night.