The Los Angeles Lakers wasted a vintage LeBron James performance on Christmas day as Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks marched on to a 124-115 victory. LeBron looked like a man on a mission in this one, dropping a game-high 38 points as he did all he can to carry his team to victory. In the end, it was all for nothing.

This has been a very worrying trend for the Lakers this season, and unsurprisingly, the mean streets of Twitter had some not-so-nice things to say about LA's most recent meltdown — one that involved a record-setting 51-point third quarter for the Mavs that saw them pull away from the Lakers:

As the keyboard warriors pointed out, LeBron virtually did everything by his lonesome on Christmas day. Russell Westbrook and Austin Reaves chipped in with 17 and 16 points, respectively, but that was pretty much it for anyone and everyone else on the squad not named LeBron James.

Naturally, the fans pinned much of the blame on the Lakers front office for their supposed lack of effort (or effectiveness) in building a proper team around LeBron:

This trend simply cannot continue for the Lakers. There's no denying that LeBron is now in the twilight of his career and that he only has a few more years of basketball left in him. Another wasted year with the Lakers simply means that we're squandering away yet another season of prime LeBron James. Unfortunately, unless things change for LA in the near future, it seems like this is the path LeBron and the Lakers are headed right now.