{"id":134340,"date":"2025-08-10T12:36:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T12:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/134340\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T12:36:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T12:36:10","slug":"first-lakers-mavericks-game-of-2025-26-could-come-early-in-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/134340\/","title":{"rendered":"First Lakers-Mavericks game of 2025-26 could come early in season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/dallas-mavericks\/6\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dallas Mavericks;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Dallas Mavericks<\/a> fans are still understandably upset about Luka Doncic, arguably the greatest player in franchise history, getting traded to the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/los-angeles-lakers\/13\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Los Angeles Lakers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> six months ago. Unfortunately for them, Doncic just signed a <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/luka-doncic-agrees-long-term-022249708.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:three-year contract extension;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">three-year contract extension<\/a>, which means he will be wearing the Purple and Gold for at least the next few years.<\/p>\n<p>When Doncic returned to Dallas for a game on April 9 this past season, Mavericks fans showered him with lots of love. He responded by dropping 45 points on 16-of-28 field-goal shooting, eight rebounds, six assists and four assists in a 112-97 Lakers win.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The schedule for the 2025-26 NBA season hasn&#8217;t been released yet, but a few details have been leaked, and according to Marc Stein, the first Lakers-Mavericks tilt of the new season will likely take place in late November as part of group play in the Emirates NBA Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The Lakers and Mavs are both in West Group B along with the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/los-angeles-clippers\/12\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Los Angeles Clippers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Los Angeles Clippers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/memphis-grizzlies\/29\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Memphis Grizzlies;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/new-orleans-pelicans\/3\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New Orleans Pelicans;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">New Orleans Pelicans<\/a>. With their outstanding frontcourt, which includes No. 1 overall draft pick Cooper Flagg, the Mavs could make the race to win West Group B interesting.<\/p>\n<p>Expect beleaguered Dallas fans to welcome Doncic back with open arms the first time the Lakers play at American Airlines Center this fall.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on LeBron Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/lebronwire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/2025\/08\/10\/first-lakers-mavericks-game-of-2025-26-could-come-early-in-season\/85597223007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:First Lakers-Mavericks game of 2025-26 could come early in season;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">First Lakers-Mavericks game of 2025-26 could come early in season<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dallas Mavericks fans are still understandably upset about Luka Doncic, arguably the greatest player in franchise history, getting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":134341,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[2494,3139,3142,3141,3365,34535,3135,1260,3137,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-134340","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-cooper-flagg","9":"tag-dallas-mavericks","10":"tag-los-angeles-clippers","11":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","12":"tag-luka-doncic","13":"tag-marc-stein","14":"tag-memphis-grizzlies","15":"tag-nba","16":"tag-new-orleans-pelicans","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115004505378563525","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}