Los Angeles Lakers guard Russell Westbrook (center) passes off between Dallas Mavericks defenders Josh Green (right) and Jalen Brunson on March 29, 2022 in Dallas, Texas. Photo: VCG

The Los Angeles Lakers slid out of Western Conference postseason position with an embarrassing 128-110 loss to the Mavericks in Dallas.

With LeBron James and Anthony ­Davis sidelined by injury, the Lakers trailed by a shocking 82-56 at halftime.

It was the second-most first-half points allowed by the Lakers in franchise history - after the 83 conceded to the Celtics in 1959.

"Not good enough in any way," was Lakers coach Frank Vogel's assessment after watching Mavs star Luka Doncic ride roughshod over his players.

Doncic scored 34 points with 12 rebounds and 12 ­assists, posting his 10th triple-double of the season.

Doncic said the Mavs knew they needed a quick start against the Lakers, who with seven games remaining are fighting just to get into the play-in tournament for teams in seventh through 10th place.

"They're fighting for the playoffs so we had to get out with aggressiveness and energy," he said.

Chicago's DeMar DeRozan scored 32 points to lead the Bulls to a 107-94 victory over the Washington Wizards and into sole possession of fifth place in the Eastern Conference.

Brooklyn superstar Kevin Durant scored 41 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as the Nets erased a 12-point second-quarter deficit to beat the Detroit Pistons 130-123 at Barclays Center.

Kyrie Irving scored 24 points and Andre Drummond added 14 for Brooklyn, who had six players score in double figures.

The victory kept the Nets a game ahead of the Charlotte Hornets for eighth place in the East.

In Los Angeles, Paul George ­recorded 34 points, six assists and four steals in his first game in more than three months and the Los Angeles Clippers overcame a 25-point deficit to post a 121-115 victory over the visiting Utah Jazz on Tuesday night.

George made six of nine three-point attempts and played 31 minutes in his first action since December 22. He had been out with an elbow injury. Reggie Jackson scored 21 points, Luke Kennard added 17 and Isaiah Hartenstein contributed 14 points, seven rebounds and six assists for Los Angeles.

The Clippers (37-39) finished the game on a 34-12 surge to halt a five-game losing streak.

Donovan Mitchell had 33 points and six assists and Rudy Gobert grabbed 16 rebounds as Utah lost its fifth straight contest. Mike Conley scored 19 points, Jordan Clarkson added 17, Juancho Hernangomez tallied 13 and Rudy Gay added 11 for the Jazz.

Utah (45-31) fell two games behind the fourth-place Dallas Mavericks in the battle for ­homecourt advantage in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs. The Jazz are tied for fifth with the Denver Nuggets.