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Anthony Davis: Lakers can 'beat any team' with proper effort on D

LOS ANGELES -- Anthony Davis says there's a simple solution to keeping the Los Angeles Lakers atop the league standings: lockdown defense.

"We just had to find ourselves again," Davis said after the Lakers' 108-95 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday. "We were able to get back to what we do defensively. And when we do that, we're able to beat any team and feel good about ourselves."

It wasn't just any team they were putting the clamps on, either.

The Mavs own the NBA's No. 1 offense in terms of efficiency and L.