LOS ANGELES -- After four seasons in the Golden State Warriors supporting cast, Harrison Barnes is seizing his opportunity to be the main man in Dallas.Barnes scored 31 points, Seth Curry added 23 and the Mavericks won their second straight game after an 0-5 start, 109-97 over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night.Two days after Barnes scored a career-best 34 in the Mavs victory over Milwaukee, he hit 11 of 18 shots at Staples Center while leading Dallas past the Lakers for the 11th consecutive time since April 2, 2013. Barnes scored seven consecutive points after Los Angeles took a lead with 7 1/2 minutes to play, and his teammates finished it off.Im just being aggressive, Barnes said. That was the biggest thing in my first few games (with the Mavs), figuring out when to be aggressive and when not to. You just kind of have to leave the switch on, and if you fail, fail aggressively.Its working: Barnes has scored 30 points three times in Dallas last six games after hitting that mark once in his first four seasons with Golden State.After getting their first win of the season Sunday against Milwaukee, the Mavs won again without injured Dirk Nowitzki and Deron Williams. Nowitzki missed his second straight game with a sore Achilles tendon, while Williams missed his second straight game with a strained calf muscle.Dallas used only eight players in LA, but it was enough.This is two team efforts, just scrappy and grinding, Barnes said. Everyone is getting in the mix offensively and defensively. Its not always pretty basketball, but were getting it done, and thats the most rewarding thing about it.JJ Barea had 18 points, seven rebounds and eight assists for the Mavericks, who beat the Lakers on the road for the sixth straight time.Our guys stuck to a game plan of tempo and patience and discipline, and they won the game, Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said.TIP-INSMavericks: Carlisle shared a quick pregame moment with Lakers F Metta World Peace, who played for Carlisle in Indiana a decade ago. Carlisle, who still calls him Ron, said World Peace has reached out to him to ask questions about coaching. ... Mavs rookie Dorian Finney-Smith had five points in his first NBA start.Lakers: Luke Walton coached Barnes and Curry as an assistant with Golden State. ... Luol Deng scored two points in 30 minutes, going 1 for 5. ... Julius Randle had 15 points and 10 rebounds, but also committed six turnovers.LAKERS LOSSJordan Clarkson scored 22 points and Nick Young had 20 as the Lakers three-game winning streak ended with 17 turnovers and some late-game struggles. Lou Williams scored 15 points for Los Angeles, which rallied from an 11-point deficit in the second half before failing to execute in the final minutes.I thought we did a little better job in the second half fighting, Walton said. I thought we were a little soft in the first half. We had our chances.Young scored 13 points in the first 3:15, staking the Lakers to an early lead. Dallas scored the final 11 points of the half to move ahead 58-54.HEADING BACKBarnes had his latest monster game one night before he returned to Oakland to take on the Golden State Warriors for the first time since leaving as a free agent during the summer. Barnes was a key player on the Warriors 2015 championship team and last seasons runner-up, but left after the Warriors renounced his rights when they landed Kevin Durant.When asked if the homecoming was anything special, Barnes said: Nah. ... Its another game. Were 2-5, so its another game. Trying to 3-5 and go back home.SHORT-LIVEDThe Lakers (4-4) had moved above .500 for just the second time since Dec. 6, 2013, with a victory over Phoenix on Sunday. Los Angeles also hadnt won three straight games since the 2012-13 season, but couldnt make it four.UP NEXTMavericks: At Golden State on Wednesday.Lakers: At Sacramento on Thursday.Vapormax Hvid Herre Danmark . Just not the game. Kyle Palmieri scored two straight goals in the third period to rally the Anaheim Ducks past the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Tuesday night. Vapormax Dame Danmark . Jane Virtanen scored two, and Alex Roach and Elliott Peterson rounded out the offence for the Hitmen (40-15-6). Brady Brassart chipped in with three assists. Colton McCarthy scored twice, Brayden Point had a goal and two assists, and Jack Rodewald also scored for the Warriors (15-35-9), who were 2 for 5 on the power play. http://www.vapormaxdanmark.com/nike-joyride-run-danmark.html . Scott won the Australian PGA last week in his first event in Australia since winning the U.S. Masters in April. American Matt Kuchar, ahead by two strokes with four to play and even with Scott with one to go, double-bogeyed the 18th after taking two shots to get out of a bunker. Vapormax Herre Zalando . Shot outdoors against the stunning backdrop of Banff, Alta., the networks 30-minute original production airs tonight at 8pm et/5pm pt on TSN2. The four All-Star teams will play for $100,000 in prize money during TSNs annual skins game, airing live this weekend on TSN from The Fenlands Banff Recreation Centre. Vapormax Plus Dame Danmark . Team physician Dr. Steve Traina performed the surgery Friday. Robinson was injured in a spill underneath the Nuggets basket during the first quarter of Wednesday nights loss to the Charlotte Bobcats.Jenson Button believes Formula 1 could benefit from introducing shorter races as he claims it would be very difficult to attract a younger audience using the current format.The two-hour cut-off point in grands prix has existed for some time, but Liberty Medias takeover of Formula 1 has prompted several ideas into how to improve the sport and boost its global reach.And one area Button says might help entertain a new audience more, although admitting die-hard fans may not approve, is by cutting the race time. Ron wont go until McLaren winThere will always be the fans of 10 or 20 years that will watch a whole grand prix, but we need to attract younger fans, the McLaren driver said. To try and attract them to watch something for that long is very difficult.Its a tough one because Formula 1 is an hour and a half race, and changing that is a shame as its the way the sport has always been. But I guess we also have to move with the times if we want the sport to be relevant. Natalie Pinkham is joined by former BAR and Benetton Team Principal David Richards and Sky F1s Marc Priestley to review the US Grand Prix Button went on to explain his position, trying to compare how Formula 1 is today to other sports.Peoples attention spans these days are terrible, including mine, he explained. Short races, short spoorts are on the up.dddddddddddd. For example the sprint in track and field, people love it because its short, its a burst of energy while a grand prix is an hour and a half.The Formula 1 Gossip ColumnWith baseball in America, its not the most exciting thing, but every time theres not something happening on the pitch theres something else going on. Thats what we need in Formula 1.The 2009 world champion did, however, add he felt F1 was in the right hands with Chase Carey and Liberty Media. Former Benetton and BAR Team Principle David Richards and Marc Priestley discuss whether Ron Dennis should leave McLaren In terms over the sport the last couple of years its been a tricky place - the drivers havent been so happy with how the cars feel, or the regulations, he added.But the sport understands that and theres so much changing next year - so thats fantastic. With fresh ideas, the new owners, its definitely on the up.Dont miss the Mexican GP on Sunday evening. The race is live at 7pm on Sky Sports F1; Watch with a NOW TV day pass - £6.99, no contractAlso See:The Formula 1 Gossip ColumnRon wont go until McLaren winWhens the Mexican GP on Sky F1?Watch Sky F1 on NOW TV ' ' '