Behind the Los Angeles Lakers' historic comeback against the Dallas Mavericks

Every game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Dallas Mavericks this season brings a bitter ending for LeBron James and his teammates.

They have met twice in the past two months, once losing with the worst inning in the team's history, the other time losing due to the controversial whistle of the referees.

Today, Monday (February 26) is the third time the two teams have met and it seems the same scenario will repeat. The Dallas Mavericks, with the service of both superstars Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic, led the Lakers with a score of 48-21, up to 27 points.

However, the Los Angeles Lakers did all they could to try to reverse the tide. The 27-point figure was cut to 14 before the break. In the third half, LeBron and his teammates "turned on defensive mode", only allowing Dallas to score 20 points.

In the last 12 minutes of the game, the real stars were in contact. While LeBron James and Anthony Davis took turns shining, Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving had problems.

With 18 seconds remaining, Doncic had a turnover after Kyrie's pass, allowing the Los Angeles Lakers to win 111-108 on aggregate.

This upstream victory is considered a historic achievement of the yellow and purple jersey team, marking the reverse victory with the longest gap in the whole season. There were 138 times when the team was 27 points behind and all lost, the Lakers alone won.

Besides, this is the most impressive comeback victory of the LA team in the past 20 years, second only to the victory despite being led by 30 points, coincidentally also against the opponent Dallas Mavericks in 2002.

Another interesting statistic is that coach Darvin Ham's teachers and students overcame the opponent even though they only threw in 6 3-pointers, while this number of Dallas was 20. For the first time in NBA history, the winning team had the number of shots. 3 successful throws are 14 fewer than the losing team.

So where did the Lakers win come from? Answer the score is scored in the area of ​​3 seconds. The LA team's 'point in paint' index was 62, overwhelming Dallas' 32 points.

In addition, the Lakers also outperformed the Mavericks in rebounds. In addition to better defensive rebounds, the LA team had 17 offensive rebounds compared to 11 for the opponent.

Anthony Davis was player of the year with 30 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks, demonstrating the form of a two-way player at MVP level. LeBron James is right behind AD with 26 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists.

It is impossible to ignore the name Jarred Vanderbilt, a defensive expert that the Los Angeles Lakers just brought in in the transfer window. The striker had a 15-point double-double (6-8 FG), 17 rebounds and 4 steals, repeatedly locking Luka Doncic in the final round.

For the pros, this is the LA Lakers' most important win since the start of the season. The whole team not only played well and cohesively, but was more impressive when the strength in defense was maximized, especially in the second half of the match.

This result will help Los Angeles a lot mentally, preparing for a great battle with the Western Memphis Grizzlies second-place team in the next 2 days.