The Los Angeles Lakers are off to another dispiriting start against the Dallas Mavericks, but the lone bright spot in the game has been the promise shown by Julius Randle. Dirk Nowitzki has never been considered a defensive specialist, but Randle has gotten mostly whatever he wanted out of his matchup with the big German:
Julius is showing those that came before him no love, blowing past and going right through Nowitzki all night. Randle will have to do a bit better on defense though, as Nowitzki has yet to miss, going 5-5 from the field in the first half.