This is because the Los Angeles Lakers still have a dynamic duo in Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves, who once again went off on Monday night to lead L.A. to a 125-109 blowout win against the San Antonio Spurs .

The Dallas Mavericks have been in a free fall since inexplicably trading Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers, going 7-13 since that disaster. That free fall has sent them from competing for a playoff spot to likely missing the postseason entirely.

Tim Cato: more than 4,000 mavs fans — about 80% of responses — said they were “much less engaged” or reconsidering their fandom entirely in our fan survey last week [after luka doncic