Who won Los Angeles Lakers vs Dallas Mavericks?

The Dallas Mavericks beat the Los Angeles Lakers 118-97 on January 7, 2025.

Anthony Davis scored 21 for the Los Angeles Lakers with 12 rebounds; Quentin Grimes scored 23 for the Dallas Mavericks.

Los Angeles Lakers at Dallas Mavericks

2024-25 · Regular season Tue, Jan 7, 2025 · 7:30 pm EST · All results that day · Los Angeles Lakers vs Dallas Mavericks head-to-head · Los Angeles Lakers schedule · Dallas Mavericks schedule

Final

Away

Dallas Mavericks

118

Venue: American Airlines Center

Schedule source: whynba · Observed Oct 9, 2026, 06:29 UTC.

Game recap

The Dallas Mavericks beat the Los Angeles Lakers 118-97 at home on Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at American Airlines Center. Quentin Grimes had 23 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists for the Dallas Mavericks. Anthony Davis had 21 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists for the Los Angeles Lakers.

The Dallas Mavericks led 55-50 at halftime and pulled away after the break. Their best stretch was the second quarter, won 31-23. Double-digit figures in two or more categories: Anthony Davis (double-double, Los Angeles Lakers), LeBron James (double-double, Los Angeles Lakers). Bench points: Los Angeles Lakers 25, Dallas Mavericks 50. P.J. Washington Jr. had 22 points, 8 rebounds and 0 assists in support for the winners.

Written by the whynba data desk from the licensed final box score and period scores.

Score source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 2026, 06:29:18 UTC. Source update time is unavailable.

Quick answers

Who won Los Angeles Lakers vs Dallas Mavericks?: The Dallas Mavericks beat the Los Angeles Lakers 118-97 on January 7, 2025.
Who led the scoring?: Anthony Davis scored 21 for the Los Angeles Lakers with 12 rebounds; Quentin Grimes scored 23 for the Dallas Mavericks.

Box score

Score by quarter
Team	q1	q2	q3	q4	Final
Los Angeles Lakers	27	23	26	21	97
Dallas Mavericks	24	31	34	29	118

Game leaders

Los Angeles Lakers

Points: 21 Anthony Davis
Rebounds: 12 Anthony Davis
Assists: 8 LeBron James

Dallas Mavericks

Points: 23 Quentin Grimes
Rebounds: 9 Quentin Grimes
Assists: 8 Spencer Dinwiddie

Anthony Davis double-double (21 PTS, 12 REB) · LeBron James double-double (18 PTS, 10 REB)

Los Angeles Lakers
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Anthony Davis starter	35:15	21	12	3	0	2	2	7-18	0-2	7-9	1	-19
LeBron James starter	34:52	18	10	8	1	0	2	6-12	1-4	5-6	0	-12
Austin Reaves starter	32:05	15	2	1	3	0	1	5-14	4-11	1-2	1	-25
Max Christie starter	30:23	12	1	3	1	1	2	5-9	1-4	1-1	2	-22
Rui Hachimura starter	25:51	6	1	2	1	0	1	3-5	0-2	0-0	2	-8
Dorian Finney-Smith bench	28:28	11	3	0	0	0	1	3-4	3-4	2-2	1	+3
Gabe Vincent bench	24:03	0	1	2	0	0	0	0-4	0-3	0-0	1	-5
Dalton Knecht bench	15:58	13	0	0	0	1	1	5-8	2-5	1-2	1	-8
Jaxson Hayes bench	11:39	1	3	1	1	2	0	0-1	0-0	1-2	4	-5
Bronny James bench	1:26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	-4

Not available: Jalen Hood-Schifino, Cam Reddish, Jarred Vanderbilt, Christian Wood

Dallas Mavericks
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
P.J. Washington Jr. starter	39:17	22	8	0	1	1	9-14	3-3	1-2	2	+13
Spencer Dinwiddie starter	35:10	19	6	8	1	3	8-15	1-5	2-2	1	+24
Naji Marshall starter	28:58	7	5	2	1	1	2-11	1-6	2-2	1	-13
Klay Thompson starter	28:41	13	0	2	1	3	5-10	3-6	0-0	0	+19
Dereck Lively II starter	19:20	7	6	3	0	1	3-3	0-0	1-2	5	-4
Maxi Kleber bench	29:28	5	3	5	1	1	2-3	1-1	0-0	2	+21
Quentin Grimes bench	29:09	23	9	6	1	0	8-17	6-11	1-2	2	+13
Jaden Hardy bench	22:03	15	3	2	1	0	6-11	3-6	0-0	3	+13
Olivier-Maxence Prosper bench	5:02	3	3	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	3-4	0	+11
Dwight Powell bench	1:26	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	+4
Brandon Williams bench	1:26	4	0	0	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	+4

Not available: Dante Exum, Daniel Gafford, Kyrie Irving, Luka Dončić

Team statistics
Los Angeles Lakers	Stat	Dallas Mavericks
18/24 (75%)	Free throws	10/14 (71%)
23/40 (57%)	2 pointers	27/48 (56%)
11/35 (31%)	3 pointers	18/38 (47%)
34/75 (45%)	Field goals	45/86 (52%)
33	Rebounds	44
28	Defensive rebounds	33
5	Offensive rebounds	11
20	Assists	29
10	Turnovers	10
7	Steals	7
6	Blocks	0
13	Fouls	16
7	Max points in a row	13
12:10	Time spent in lead	31:47
6	Biggest lead	21

Scoring margin by minute (above the line: Dallas Mavericks ahead)

Largest margin: 21 points.

Game flow

Lead changes: 7
Times tied: 7
Largest lead · Los Angeles Lakers: 6 Q2 2:59
Largest lead · Dallas Mavericks: 21 Q4 0:38
Longest run: 13-0 Dallas Mavericks · Q2 2:43 to Q3 11:45

Scoring plays

Q1 · 26 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q1
Time left	Team	Play	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
11:43	Los Angeles Lakers	Austin Reaves 3-pt field goal	3	0
10:17	Dallas Mavericks	P.J. Washington Jr. 2-pt field goal	3	2
9:49	Dallas Mavericks	Spencer Dinwiddie 2-pt field goal	3	4
9:30	Dallas Mavericks	Spencer Dinwiddie 3-pt field goal	3	7
8:52	Los Angeles Lakers	Rui Hachimura 2-pt field goal	5	7
8:42	Dallas Mavericks	P.J. Washington Jr. 2-pt field goal	5	9
8:06	Los Angeles Lakers	LeBron James 2-pt field goal	7	9
6:48	Los Angeles Lakers	Austin Reaves 3-pt field goal	10	9
6:18	Los Angeles Lakers	LeBron James 2-pt field goal	12	9
6:04	Dallas Mavericks	Klay Thompson 2-pt field goal	12	11
4:31	Los Angeles Lakers	Rui Hachimura 2-pt field goal	14	11
4:13	Dallas Mavericks	Spencer Dinwiddie 2-pt field goal	14	13
4:13	Dallas Mavericks	Spencer Dinwiddie Free throw	14	14
3:55	Los Angeles Lakers	Anthony Davis 2-pt field goal	16	14
3:55	Los Angeles Lakers	Anthony Davis Free throw	17	14
3:22	Los Angeles Lakers	Anthony Davis Free throw	18	14
3:11	Dallas Mavericks	Quentin Grimes 2-pt field goal	18	16
2:57	Los Angeles Lakers	Anthony Davis 2-pt field goal	20	16
2:42	Dallas Mavericks	Jaden Hardy 2-pt field goal	20	18
2:28	Los Angeles Lakers	Anthony Davis 2-pt field goal	22	18
2:14	Dallas Mavericks	Quentin Grimes Free throw	22	19
1:53	Dallas Mavericks	Quentin Grimes 2-pt field goal	22	21
1:03	Los Angeles Lakers	Anthony Davis Free throw	23	21
1:03	Los Angeles Lakers	Anthony Davis Free throw	24	21
0:39	Dallas Mavericks	Quentin Grimes 3-pt field goal	24	24
0:18	Los Angeles Lakers	LeBron James 3-pt field goal	27	24

Q2 · 30 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q2
Time left	Team	Play	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
11:40	Dallas Mavericks	Maxi Kleber 3-pt field goal	27	27
11:18	Los Angeles Lakers	Dalton Knecht 2-pt field goal	29	27
10:07	Dallas Mavericks	Olivier-Maxence Prosper Free throw	29	28
10:07	Dallas Mavericks	Olivier-Maxence Prosper Free throw	29	29
9:41	Dallas Mavericks	Quentin Grimes 3-pt field goal	29	32
9:11	Los Angeles Lakers	Dalton Knecht Free throw	30	32
8:51	Dallas Mavericks	Olivier-Maxence Prosper Free throw	30	33
8:24	Dallas Mavericks	P.J. Washington Jr. Free throw	30	34
8:09	Los Angeles Lakers	Austin Reaves 3-pt field goal	33	34
7:55	Dallas Mavericks	P.J. Washington Jr. 2-pt field goal	33	36
7:48	Los Angeles Lakers	LeBron James Free throw	34	36
7:48	Los Angeles Lakers	LeBron James Free throw	35	36
7:33	Dallas Mavericks	Spencer Dinwiddie 2-pt field goal	35	38
7:18	Los Angeles Lakers	Dorian Finney-Smith Free throw	36	38
7:18	Los Angeles Lakers	Dorian Finney-Smith Free throw	37	38
6:52	Dallas Mavericks	Dereck Lively II Free throw	37	39
6:33	Los Angeles Lakers	Rui Hachimura 2-pt field goal	39	39
6:15	Dallas Mavericks	Naji Marshall Free throw	39	40
6:15	Dallas Mavericks	Naji Marshall Free throw	39	41
6:02	Los Angeles Lakers	Max Christie 2-pt field goal	41	41
4:37	Los Angeles Lakers	Anthony Davis Free throw	42	41
4:37	Los Angeles Lakers	Anthony Davis Free throw	43	41
4:23	Dallas Mavericks	Quentin Grimes 3-pt field goal	43	44
4:08	Los Angeles Lakers	Max Christie 2-pt field goal	45	44
3:37	Los Angeles Lakers	Max Christie 3-pt field goal	48	44
2:59	Los Angeles Lakers	Max Christie 2-pt field goal	50	44
2:43	Dallas Mavericks	Klay Thompson 3-pt field goal	50	47
1:45	Dallas Mavericks	Klay Thompson 3-pt field goal	50	50
1:10	Dallas Mavericks	Klay Thompson 3-pt field goal	50	53
0:01	Dallas Mavericks	Spencer Dinwiddie 2-pt field goal	50	55

Q3 · 27 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q3
Time left	Team	Play	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
11:45	Dallas Mavericks	Dereck Lively II 2-pt field goal	50	57
11:28	Los Angeles Lakers	LeBron James 2-pt field goal	52	57
10:45	Dallas Mavericks	Naji Marshall 3-pt field goal	52	60
10:34	Los Angeles Lakers	Austin Reaves Free throw	53	60
10:20	Dallas Mavericks	Spencer Dinwiddie 2-pt field goal	53	62
9:45	Dallas Mavericks	P.J. Washington Jr. 3-pt field goal	53	65
9:28	Los Angeles Lakers	LeBron James 2-pt field goal	55	65
9:07	Los Angeles Lakers	Max Christie 2-pt field goal	57	65
9:07	Los Angeles Lakers	Max Christie Free throw	58	65
8:36	Los Angeles Lakers	LeBron James Free throw	59	65
7:49	Dallas Mavericks	P.J. Washington Jr. 2-pt field goal	59	67
7:07	Dallas Mavericks	P.J. Washington Jr. 2-pt field goal	59	69
6:45	Los Angeles Lakers	Dorian Finney-Smith 3-pt field goal	62	69
6:24	Dallas Mavericks	Spencer Dinwiddie 2-pt field goal	62	71
6:08	Los Angeles Lakers	Anthony Davis 2-pt field goal	64	71
5:42	Los Angeles Lakers	Anthony Davis 2-pt field goal	66	71
5:27	Dallas Mavericks	Jaden Hardy 3-pt field goal	66	74
4:49	Dallas Mavericks	Jaden Hardy 3-pt field goal	66	77
4:36	Los Angeles Lakers	Anthony Davis 2-pt field goal	68	77
4:20	Dallas Mavericks	Jaden Hardy 3-pt field goal	68	80
3:48	Dallas Mavericks	Quentin Grimes 3-pt field goal	68	83
3:29	Los Angeles Lakers	Anthony Davis 2-pt field goal	70	83
3:08	Dallas Mavericks	Maxi Kleber 2-pt field goal	70	85
2:46	Los Angeles Lakers	Austin Reaves 3-pt field goal	73	85
2:24	Dallas Mavericks	Naji Marshall 2-pt field goal	73	87
1:09	Dallas Mavericks	Jaden Hardy 2-pt field goal	73	89
0:29	Los Angeles Lakers	Dorian Finney-Smith 3-pt field goal	76	89

Q4 · 24 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q4
Time left	Team	Play	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
10:52	Los Angeles Lakers	Dalton Knecht 2-pt field goal	78	89
10:27	Dallas Mavericks	Dereck Lively II 2-pt field goal	78	91
10:14	Los Angeles Lakers	Dorian Finney-Smith 3-pt field goal	81	91
9:53	Dallas Mavericks	Jaden Hardy 2-pt field goal	81	93
9:37	Los Angeles Lakers	Dalton Knecht 3-pt field goal	84	93
9:17	Dallas Mavericks	Klay Thompson 2-pt field goal	84	95
9:00	Los Angeles Lakers	LeBron James 2-pt field goal	86	95
8:43	Dallas Mavericks	P.J. Washington Jr. 3-pt field goal	86	98
8:27	Los Angeles Lakers	Jaxson Hayes Free throw	87	98
8:03	Los Angeles Lakers	Dalton Knecht 3-pt field goal	90	98
7:38	Dallas Mavericks	Dereck Lively II 2-pt field goal	90	100
6:56	Los Angeles Lakers	LeBron James Free throw	91	100
6:56	Los Angeles Lakers	LeBron James Free throw	92	100
6:43	Dallas Mavericks	Spencer Dinwiddie 2-pt field goal	92	102
6:43	Dallas Mavericks	Spencer Dinwiddie Free throw	92	103
5:53	Los Angeles Lakers	Dalton Knecht 2-pt field goal	94	103
5:35	Dallas Mavericks	P.J. Washington Jr. 3-pt field goal	94	106
5:18	Los Angeles Lakers	Anthony Davis Free throw	95	106
4:53	Dallas Mavericks	Quentin Grimes 3-pt field goal	95	109
4:42	Los Angeles Lakers	Austin Reaves 2-pt field goal	97	109
3:26	Dallas Mavericks	P.J. Washington Jr. 2-pt field goal	97	111
1:45	Dallas Mavericks	Quentin Grimes 3-pt field goal	97	114
1:11	Dallas Mavericks	Brandon Williams 2-pt field goal	97	116
0:38	Dallas Mavericks	Brandon Williams 2-pt field goal	97	118

2024-25 season series

After this game: Dallas Mavericks 1-0. Final series: Los Angeles Lakers 2-1.

Jan 7: Los Angeles Lakers 97 at Dallas Mavericks 118 (this game)
Feb 25: Dallas Mavericks 99 at Los Angeles Lakers 107
Apr 9: Los Angeles Lakers 112 at Dallas Mavericks 97

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