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It’s been just under a year since former-Dallas Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison traded Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers — which sold for an estimated $10 billion to businessman Mark Walter — for Anthony Davis and now the superstar Slovenian basketball player returns to Dallas for a bittersweet homecoming at the beginning of 2026.

Luka is still loved in Dallas, even though the Mavericks have a new up-and-coming superstar in rookie Cooper Flagg. However, even though both teams are middling in the west, it should be an exciting matchup with star players like LeBron James on the court too.

With game day on Saturday, Jan. 24 and airs on ESPN, you can livestream the Los Angeles Lakers battling against the Dallas Mavericks at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. Tipoff starts at 8:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. PT. ESPN is featured with Sling Orange.

Currently, Sling Orange starts at just $4.99 for a Sling 1-Day Pass, or $45.99/month to go month-to-month. The package comes with ESPN for NBA fans, while Sling Orange comes with other networks, like ESPN2, ESPN3 and MotorTrend, to watch even more live sports.

Meanwhile, Sling Orange also features over 30 other channels, like Disney Channel and FreeForm, as well as A&E, AMC, BBC America, BET, CNN, Comedy Central, Food Network, Fuse, HGTV, History Channel, IFC, Lifetime, Nick Jr., QVC, TBS, TNT, Travel Channel, Vice and other channels.

In addition, Sling now has flexible subscriptions, so brand new subscribers can get access to Sling Orange for a short period of time. This is best for sports because it’s a super fast and convenient way to access live TV.

Meanwhile, all Sling TV plans have live TV over the web, on-demand movie and TV shows, 50 hours of cloud DVR storage and up to three streams across devices — such as smart TVs, smartphones, tablets, laptops, web browsers and others — at the same time.

On Saturday, Jan. 24, you can livestream the L.A. Lakers vs. Dallas Mavs, with a start time of 8:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. PT on ESPN with Sling Orange, below:

Please note: Prices and channel availability depends on your local TV market. Learn more about Sling subscription prices here.