LOS ANGELES: The Los Angeles Lakers, fuelled by a near triple-double from Anthony Davis, spoiled Luka Doncic's return from injury with a convincing 127-110 NBA victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday (Jan 17).Davis scored 28 points with 12 rebounds and nine assists and D'Angelo Russell scored 29 for the Lakers, who withstood a triple-double from Doncic - who had missed three games with a sprained right ankle.Doncic scored 33 points with 13 rebounds and 10 assists.
But Mavs star Kyrie Irving was limited to 12 points on four-of-16 shooting and Dallas never led after the first quarter.It was just one of the lopsided victories on a night that saw the Cleveland Cavaliers rout the short-handed Milwaukee Bucks 135-95, the Boston Celtics top the San Antonio Spurs 117-98 and the Toronto Raptors beat the Miami Heat 121-97.However it was no blowout in Atlanta, where Dejounte Murray drilled a buzzer-beating jump shot to lift the Hawks to a 106-104 victory over the Orlando Magic.At arenas round the league teams observed a moment of silence in memory of Golden State Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojevic, who died Wednesday in Salt Lake City after suffering a heart attack.The Warriors' scheduled game against the Utah Jazz was postponed after what Golden State coach Steve Kerr called a "shocking and tragic blow" for the team and for the family of the 46-year-old Serbian, who played and coached in Europe where he worked with a number of future NBA stars, including two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Nikola Jokic."A lot of NBA players went through his hands and his influence," Toronto's Serbian coach Darko Rajakovic said."He helped a lot of guys to make the next step in their career," added Rajakovic before his Raptors, fuelled by