LeBron James posted 39 points, 12 rebounds, four steals, and 16 assists in the Los Angeles Lakers’ 119-110 road victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night. After a record-breaking night, James was asked why he thinks the Lakers improved in the second half of the games this season:

“I guess as the game goes on, we get more and more comfortable with our opponent … with ourselves. Trying to stay composed throughout the game no matter what’s going on either on the road or at home and I felt like we’ve gotten better and better through our five games as every quarter’s went on.

We don’t like having the first quarter deficits that we’ve had, but I thought we still played great in the first quarter … we just couldn’t make a shot. We were still defending and that’s what’s most important,” James said.

James on his motivation:

James on Luka Doncic: