Now with the Los Angeles Lakers, Doncic faced his former team at the American Airlines Center, where he was once the face of the Dallas Mavericks franchise. The game marked a highly anticipated and emotional homecoming, and it didn’t disappoint in drama or sentiment.

Doncic scored 45 points against his former team, was honored with a pregame video and called his return to Dallas “unbelievable.”

Luka Dončić and the Dallas Mavericks have already seen each other since the all-time shocking trade that sent him to the Los Angeles Lakers. But that was at Crypto.com Arena in the City of Angels, not the Big D.