The Los Angeles Lakers picked up their 39th victory of the season on Tuesday and their seventh in a row after defeating the lowly New Orleans Pelicans, 136-115.

It’s the Lakers longest winning streak of the season. Energy and complacency were never issues for them Tuesday, not with Luka Doncic skipping after made threes and posing after no-look passes, not with LeBron James making history and then making big play after big play and not with the Lakers,

James has 34 points after becoming the first player to score 50,000, Luka Doncic has 30 points and 15 assists and the Lakers extend their longest winning streak in four years with a 136-115

Coming off a stellar game against Denver, Luka Dončić now eyes a repeat performance against the Mavericks team that traded him.

Luka Dončić was a member of the Dallas Mavericks less than a month ago. The widespread presumption at the time was that he would remain one for the foreseeable future, perhaps even the rest of his career.

Mavericks fans have called for the firing of general manager Nico Harrison after Dončić was traded to the Lakers