無所属の政治家s, Lakers 苦しむ NBA プレーオフs blow
Charlotte have 打ち勝つ a 40-point 遠出 from Luka Doncic to 敗北・負かす Dallas 110-104, their second 勝利，勝つ over the 無所属の政治家s in three days and another 高くつく／犠牲の大きい blow to Dallas' NBA プレーオフ hopes.
Gordon Hayward 得点する／非難する／２０d 22 points and P.J. Washington 追加するd 21 points and 12 回復するs for the Hornets, who have been 除去するd from プレーオフ 論争.
The Mavs began Sunday tied with Oklahoma City for the 10th-best 記録，記録的な／記録する in the Western 会議／協議会 but were still outside of the Play-In tournament 泡 because the 雷鳴 持つ／拘留する the 長，率いる-to-長，率いる tiebreaker.
Doncic 選ぶd up his 16th technical foul of the season in the third ４半期/4分の1, meaning he will 直面する a one-game 中断 on Monday night against the Indiana Pacers unless it is 無効にするd by the league office.
Kyrie Irving had 18 points for Dallas (36-39), who have now lost four in a 列／漕ぐ／騒動, while Australian Josh Green had a 静かな night with just one bucket in his 14 minutes on 法廷，裁判所.
"Losing in basketball is very 失望させるing, 特に when we have as talented a group as we do," Irving said.
Dallas fell behind 30-12 in the first ４半期/4分の1 after 行方不明の 15 of their first 18 発射s from the field with Doncic going 0-for-6.
負かす／撃墜する 19 with four minutes left in the first half, the Slovenian began to turn it up a notch by connecting on four ３倍になるs and 補助装置ing on another three to spearhead a 19-7 run to 削減する Charlotte's advantage to seven at the break.
With 5:44 remaining Dallas had their first lead of the game but Dennis Smith Jr, a former 無所属の政治家, snuck behind the Dallas defence and dunked off an alley-oop 料金d from Washington to put Charlotte up by five with 1:05 left.
In Los Angeles, LeBron James 得点する／非難する／２０d 19 points off the （法廷の）裁判 in his return from a monthlong 傷害 absence, but Zach LaVine had 32 points to lead Chicago to a 118-108 victory over the Lakers.
DeMar DeRozan 追加するd 17 points for the Bulls (36-38), who easily overcame James' return with an impressive 業績／成果 in their seventh 勝利，勝つ in nine games. LaVine 攻撃する，衝突する 11 of his first 14 発射s to lead an 不快な／攻撃 成果／努力 that snapped the Lakers' three-game winning streak, にもかかわらず the return of the NBA's career 得点する／非難する／２０ing leader.
James sat out 13 games with 権利 foot soreness, 行方不明の four weeks during the Lakers' run at a プレーオフ 寝台／地位.
And for only the second time in his 20-year, 1958-game NBA career, James wasn't a starter. He （機の）カム in as a reserve 中途の through the first ４半期/4分の1, still doing his 基準 pre-game chalk 投げ上げる／ボディチェックする while receiving a standing ovation from Lakers fans.
Troy Brown Jr. and Malik Beasley 得点する／非難する／２０d 18 points apiece, but Anthony Davis managed just 15 points and nine 回復するs as the Lakers (37-38) dropped to ninth in the West, while the Bulls 改善するd to ninth in the East.
With AP.
