The Dallas Mavericks and the Los Angeles Lakers meet three or four times a regular season, depending on where the league’s conference rotation puts them. Of the ten conference clubs outside its own division, each team plays six four times and four of them three times, and which group a given opponent falls into rotates from season to season — so a Mavericks vs Lakers season is either three games or four, and which one is a property of that year’s schedule rather than of the pairing.

Are the Mavericks and Lakers in the same division?

No. The Dallas Mavericks play in the Southwest Division and the Los Angeles Lakers in the Pacific. Both divisions sit in the Western Conference, so this is a conference game between clubs from different divisions rather than a division rivalry — it counts in each club’s conference record but not in its division one.

What is at stake when the Mavericks play the Lakers?

Conference seeding. The Mavericks and the Lakers are both Western Conference clubs, so the result goes into the conference record that separates them in the standings, and with it the difference between a top-six seed, a play-in place at seventh to tenth, and no postseason at all. If these two finish level, their head-to-head result is read before that record is.

Can the Mavericks and Lakers meet in the playoffs?

Yes. Both clubs are in the Western Conference, so a Mavericks vs Lakers playoff series is possible anywhere from the first round through the Western Conference Finals, on top of the regular-season meetings — and they can meet in the play-in tournament before that if both finish seventh to tenth.

Where can I follow the Mavericks and Lakers for the rest of the season?

Every Mavericks and Lakers game Kalshi lists has its own market page, with the moneyline, the spread, the total and the player props built on that fixture. The NBA market index carries the rest of the league, and the matchup index carries every other pairing the Dallas Mavericks and the Los Angeles Lakers are in.