On a bottom-tier team, you can play freely, and Van Exel's individual performance is indeed explosive.
In tonight's game, Kenny Anderson really didn't gain any advantage against Van Exel.
In the game against his former team, the Lakers, Van Exel shot 12 for 26, including 2 for 6 from three-point range, plus 7 for 7 from the free-throw line, scoring 33 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists, and 2 steals, playing very well and decisively outperformed Kenny Anderson's 15 points, 3 rebounds, and 9 assists.
But the other Lakers players were much better than the Dallas Mavericks.
Zhang Hao shot 11 for 18, including 2 for 2 from three-point range, plus 8 for 8 from the free-throw line, easily scoring 32 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks, and 1 steal, Barkley scored 14 points and 9 rebounds, along with Doug Christie's 16 points and Jason Williams' 5 points and 13 rebounds... The Lakers comfortably defeated the Mavericks 109 to 99, improving their record to 29 wins and 7 losses!
