Lakers' Luka Doncic relieved first game vs. Mavs is behind him - ESPN

LOS ANGELES — After Luka Doncic led the Lakers to a 107-99 win over his former team Tuesday — becoming only the third player to record a triple-double against every NBA franchise in the process — the star guard's tone during his postgame news conference wasn't triumphant.

No, Doncic sounded more relieved than anything.

«It was just a lot of emotions and not much sleep,» he said of the game coming only 3½ weeks after he was traded from the Dallas Mavericks to L.A. «I can't even explain [it]. It was a different game.… Sometimes I don't know what I was doing.

»And I'm just glad it's over, honestly."

Doncic, who had 19 points, 15 rebounds and 12 assists to join teammate LeBron James and Denver Nuggets guard Russell Westbrook as the only players to put up a triple-double against all 30 teams, didn't dominate Dallas. He shot 6-for-17 from the field (1-for-7 from 3), and it was James who scored 16 of his 27 points on 7-for-9 shooting in the fourth quarter to seal the win.

But Doncic got through a night that had been looming since Dallas traded him, an emotional hurdle as he processed being around not only his former teammates, with whom he has maintained friendships, but the Mavs' brass in general manager Nico Harrison and coach Jason Kidd.

«It definitely will help me,» Doncic said of putting the game behind him. «It's definitely going to help in the long [run].»

Harrison stood on the sideline at midcourt during pregame warmups, although Doncic said he didn't notice him.

He certainly saw the Mavs' bench, directing several shouts and stare-downs after making plays for his new team.

«Obviously there's a lot of emotion that goes in when you give so much to a franchise and you sacrifice for a franchise and you have that type of