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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.

Dallas Mavericks star Kyrie Irving has a torn ACL in his left knee and will miss the rest of the season, a person with knowledge of the injury told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

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.

The team announced that Victor Wembanyama has deep vein thrombosis in his right shoulder, forcing him off the roster for the rest of the season.

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.

Luka Doncic released an emotional farewell to Dallas on the same day a trade sending him from the Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers in a swap for fellow All-NBA player Anthony Davis was finalized. 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.

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.

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 Celtics won the series 4-1 and now have 18 league titles, surpassing their decades-long rival Los Angeles Lakers, which has 17.