The LA Lakers and Dallas Mavericks are playing live on the NBA schedule on ESPN on Friday night and the matchup at 8:30 pm ET is from the American Airlines Center and has Kobe Bryant looking to lead Los Angeles to a win and they face a Mavs team that has gotten off to a very good start.

The Lakers come into the game after a win against the Houston Rockets and after this game they will matchup with the Denver Nuggets on Sunday. The Lakers won on Wednesday behind 29 points from Kobe Bryant and he also added seven assists and Carlos Boozer had 13 rebounds and now the Lakers are looking to win their fourth game. Bryant is leading the team in scoring and now they are 3-9 on the season, while the Mavs are 9-3.

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