Friday wasn’t the first time the Lakers had lined up across from Anthony Davis in a Mavericks jersey or even the first time AD had returned to Los Angeles since the deal, but it was the first time both of those things occurred in the same game.

Last season, injury kept Davis out of the lone Mavs game in LA. While he featured in the game in Dallas, the wounds were a little fresh and the emotions were still too raw for the players to really embrace the moment.

Friday, then, was a chance not only for the fans to see Davis on the court for the first time since the trade, but also for AD and his former Lakers teammates to meet once again.

After the purple and gold polished off a sixth-straight win, multiple Lakers embraced Davis after the final buzzer. No one was funnier, though, than Rui Ha

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