Luka Doncic

Luka Dončić entered the court with the Los Angeles Lakers for his first game back in Dallas to cheers in an arena where draped over every seat was a T-shirt with the Slovenian phrase for thank you for everything. Then came the tribute.

Two months after that seismic trade out of nowhere that sent the five-time All-Star to the Lakers, the 26-year-old Doncic is back in Dallas for a game Wednesday night.

The Mavericks take on the Lakers tonight in Los Angeles in the first matchup between the two teams since a blockbuster trade sent Luka Dončić to California in exchange for Anthony Davis. But Dončić will be back in the Lone Star State on April 9 when the Mavs host the Lakers at the American Airlines Center — and ticket prices are surging.

Just over three weeks after the trade that stunned the sports world, Luka Dončić and his Los Angeles Lakers will host the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night.

A week after the Dallas Mavericks traded Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers, Mavs fans showed up in support of Doncic and to protest general manager Nico Harrison.

Doncic said in a letter to the city Sunday that he “wanted so badly to bring you a championship” and that he thought he’d spend his career in Dallas.

Luka Doncic is being traded by the reigning Western Conference champion Dallas Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis, a person with knowledge of the agreement said early Sunday.

The warning comes following a string of burglaries at the homes of prominent NFL and NBA players. Luka Doncic of the Dallas Mavericks is the latest professional athlete to fall victim.

A person with knowledge of the injury says Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic will be out about a month before being re-evaluated for a calf injury sustained in a Christmas Day loss to Minnesota.

The Dallas Mavericks trail the Boston Celtics 3-0 after Luka Dončić fouled out for the first time in his playoff career. Now Dončić is trying to believe Dallas can keep its season alive. Game 4 is tonight at 7:30 p.m.

Luka Doncic fouled at when the Dallas Mavericks were making a furious comeback attempt in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. With their superstar on the bench for the final 4:12 Wednesday night, they came up short.

It was the first Game 2 loss of these playoffs for Dallas, which had won three straight — all on the road. The Mavs now face the daunting task of having to beat a Boston team that has lost just twice this postseason in four out of five games.