LOS ANGELES — It would be easy for Luka Dončić to say that Tuesday’s game was cathartic, that seeing and slaying his old mates wearing Dallas Mavericks jerseys would be enough to cleanse himself of all the hurt feelings from being dumped, from being duped.
It would be easy for every “Thank you Nico” chant coming from the Lakers faithful to fill Dončić up, to make him feel like one of them — even if doing it against the backdrop of Anthony Davis getting a warm welcome with his video tribute makes it feel just a bit awkward.
But it doesn’t work like that, not for either side. It probably won’t be like that in a few weeks either, when the Los Angeles Lakers will be sure to play their first-ever home game in Dallas when Dončić returns for first time since being traded.
“The closure is going to take awhile, I think,” Dončić said. “I don’t know, it’s just not…
