The dunk could easily have been the best of the season. The Dallas Mavericks snapped a frustrating five-game losing streak with an impressive 118-97 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. Despite missing star players Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving,

In the first quarter of the game, Max Christie had just grabbed an offensive rebound and found LeBron James cutting down the lane, who switched hands in midair to windmill slam it home over Dereck Lively II viciously. The Lakers' bench appropriately reacted, watching the 40-year-old and 22-year veteran turn back the clock for this jam.

The Dallas Mavericks played on the second night of a back-to-back against the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night, playing without Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving, and Daniel Gafford. Meanwhile, the Lakers were mostly healthy, as LeBron James and Anthony Davis played despite being listed on the injury report.

LeBron James turned 40 years old in December, but the Lakers star has not shown many signs of slowing down. In the first four minutes of Los Angeles' game against the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night,

LeBron James submitted an early dunk of the year candidate in the Los Angeles Lakers’ contest with the Dallas Mavericks. At 40 years old, LeBron shouldn’t be able to still have these moments, but the Lakers star can still channel it from time to time and he brought the house down in Dallas.