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Helene Elliott: Plenty of blame for Lakers' loss to Mavericks, and it starts with Anthony Davis

LOS ANGELES — When the Lakers needed him most on Friday, Anthony Davis let them down. When they were ahead of Dallas by four points with 7.2 seconds left in the fourth quarter and needed him to be smart, he foolishly contested a 3-point shot by Maxi Kleber and was called for a foul. Kleber, who had taken only 24 free throws before Friday and made 58% of them, hit all three to cut the Lakers' ...
The Dallas Mavericks' Maxi Kleber scores the buzzer-beating 3- point basket against the Los Angeles Lakers' Anthony Davis at Crypto.com Arena on March 17, 2023, in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES — When the Lakers needed him most on Friday, Anthony Davis let them down.

When they were ahead of Dallas by four points with 7.2 seconds left in the fourth quarter and needed him to be smart, he foolishly contested a 3-point shot by Maxi Kleber and was called for a foul. Kleber, who had taken only 24 free throws before Friday and made 58% of them, hit all three to cut the Lakers' lead to one point.

When they needed Davis to hit a pair of free throws with 6.7 seconds left he converted only one, leaving the Lakers up by

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