The Los Angeles Lakers pulled off a dominant 135-118 win over the Clippers on Tuesday night, but the victory came with a serious complaint. Luka Doncic wasn't celebrating the blowout. Instead, he was talking about something far more worrying,

The Los Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers face off in a crucial NBA Cup group stage game Tuesday night with major implications for the tournament bracket.

The Clippers were on a serious roll against the Lakers as recently as January. Then the Lakers got Luka Dončić and everything changed.

The Los Angeles Lakers will take the court tonight against the Los Angeles Clippers as these former roommates go to battle in another installment of their classic rivalry. Both teams used to share the same home arena at Staples Center,

Smart, who played through back tightness against the Clippers last week, sat out a third consecutive game on Monday, but the team is confident the injury isn’t a long-term concern.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/nba/mavericks/onsi as Dallas Mavericks stay in Los Angeles for back-to-back against Clippers. The Dallas Mavericks are already ten games under .500 just 20 games into the season. To say it's not been the year they imagined after drafting Cooper Flagg first overall would be an understatement.

Derik Queen may not have led New Orleans to victory, but he ably went toe-to-toe with Nikola Jokić, often made him look silly on defense and finished with 30 points, nine rebounds, four assists, two steals and two blocks in just 30 minutes.