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Ridiculous LeBron James Dunk Goes Viral in Mavericks-Lakers

The Mavericks were on the wrong side of a vintage LeBron James highlight.

Austin Veazey

Jan 7, 2025; Dallas, Texas, USA; Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) laughs before the game against the Dallas Mavericks at American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images
Jan 7, 2025; Dallas, Texas, USA; Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) laughs before the game against the Dallas Mavericks at American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images / Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images
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The Dallas Mavericks are playing on the second night of a back-to-back against the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night in Dallas. Despite LeBron James entering the game on LA's injury report, he's still plenty capable of vintage highlights.

In the first quarter of the game, Max Christie had just grabbed an offensive rebound and found LeBron James cutting down the lane, who switched hands in midair to windmill slam it home over Dereck Lively II viciously. The Lakers' bench appropriately reacted, watching the 40-year-old and 22-year veteran turn back the clock for this jam.

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The Mavericks are hoping to break a five-game losing streak on Tuesday as they play without Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving. Despite this ridiculous play from LeBron James and the momentum generated from it, the Mavericks were only down three by the end of the quarter.

LeBron James had seven points in the first quarter, with his teammate Anthony Davis leading the way with 10 points.

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Austin Veazey joined NoleGameday as the Lead Basketball Writer in 2019, while contributing as a football writer, and started as editor for MavericksGameday in 2024. Veazey was a Florida State Men’s Basketball Manager from 2016-2019. Follow Austin on Twitter at @EasyVeazeyNG

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