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Lakers at Mavericks: 10 Things to Know (Game 13)

Here is what you need to know before the Lakers take on the Dallas Mavericks.

1) The Lakers starting frontcourt — Carlos Boozer and Jordan Hill — has stepped up in the team’s past two games, as both players recorded double-doubles in each contest. The pair combined to score 66 points and grab 43 rebounds in L.A.’s back-to-back against Atlanta and Houston.

2) The Lakers are Jeremy Lin’s fourth team in his five-year career, but he got his start with the Mavericks, though he never played for them. In five games off the bench for Dallas’ 2010 Summer League team, Lin shot a team-best 54.5 percent to average 9.8 points per contest, leading to a rookie contract with Golden State.

3) The Lakers expect Wayne Ellington, who missed the last six games following the death of his father, to be available off the bench against the Mavericks. Ellington played for Dallas last year and averaged 3.2 points in 8.7 minutes.

4) Last season, the Mavericks swept the Lakers for the first time in franchise history. Dallas comfortably won each game by at least 12 points for an average score of 113-99.

5) Next to only Kobe Bryant (32,030), Dirk Nowitzki (27,015) has scored more career points than anybody currently in the league. Hailing from Würzbug, Germany, Nowitzki is ninth all-time and first among foreign-born players in scoring. He also leads all active players in career offensive win shares (133.0). Nowitzki twisted his ankle against Washington Wednesday, though he did return and will play tonight.

6) Backup power forward Brandan Wright leads the NBA by shooting 76.1 percent from the field. The Lakers received a personal taste of that efficiency on April 4 last season, as Wright scored 23 points on a 10-for-10 clip to become the first player in Mavericks history to shoot perfectly on double-digit attempts.

7) Dallas also has the league’s third-most efficient scorer, Tyson Chandler, who is shooting 69.2 percent, placing him just ahead of fourth-place Ed Davis (62.7). Chandler also leads all active players in career field goal percentage (58.6), and trails only Artis Gilmore (59.9) for best all-time.

8) Backup guard Devin Harris (right leg soreness) will not play against the Lakers, which could signal some turbulence for Dallas since he leads the team in assists (4.4) and steals (1.3). Harris also has an NBA-best 6.9 assist-to-turnover ratio.

9) The Mavericks enjoy one of the best home-court advantages in the league. They have an NBA-best 520-game sellout streak dating back to Dec. 15, 2001. Since moving to the American Airlines Center for the 2001-02 season, Dallas is 399-132 (.751) at home.

10) The Mavericks lead the league with 108.9 points per game, and they have done so by spreading the ball around. Dallas does not have any players among the NBA’s top 15 scorers, but it does have five Mavericks who are averaging double figures: Monta Ellis (19.7), Nowitzski (19.1), Chandler Parsons (14.0), Chandler (10.9) and Wright (10.1).