Dwight Powell scored a season-high 25 points (22 in the paint), and the Dallas Mavericks rallied from 17 points down in the second quarter to beat the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers 108-93.
The Mavericks trailed 54-37 with 2:22 left in the second quarter and 58-46 at halftime. They outscored the Lakers 71-39 the rest of the way.
During clutch time, the Mavericks outscored the Lakers 9-4. Powell scored 4 of the Mavericks’ 9 on 1 for 1 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Luka Dončić had 5 of his 13 assists, 1 of them on a basket by Powell that tied the game and 1 on a basket by Powell that put the Mavericks ahead.
Dorian Finney-Smith scored 21 points (12 on 4 3-pointers) on 8 for 13 shooting. Dončić assisted on 8 of Powell’s 11 baskets, 4 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Lakers, Ben McLemore scored 20 points with 6 3-pointers.
The Mavericks shot 48.7% from the field and 43.3% from 3 to the Lakers’ 38.4% and 26.7%. The Lakers got 6 offensive rebounds, about 5 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. The Mavericks outscored the Lakers 25-6 in 8 minutes with Redick, Powell, Finney-Smith, Kleber and Dončić on the floor together.