On a very emotional night for Luka Dončić in his return to Dallas for the first time since the Mavericks traded him to the Los Angeles Lakers, he received words of encouragement after the game from Anthony Davis when they met on the court. After the Lakers' 112-97 win over the Mavs, Davis told reporters about his message to Dončić.

Mavs general manager Nico Harrison executed the trade that sent Doncic to L.A., and Dallas fans have continued to let Harrison have it. On Wednesday, thousands of fans chanted to fire Harrison as Doncic's new costar, LeBron James, stood at the free-throw line in the first quarter.

Luka Doncic 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.