National Basketball Association
Dallas 111, Portland 102
When: 8:30 PM ET, Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Where: American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
Officials:
#73 Tre Maddox, #27 Mitchell Ervin, #14 Ed Malloy
Attendance:
19341
By Field Level Media
Rookie forward Luka Doncic scored 21 points and grabbed nine rebounds as the Dallas Mavericks polished off the visiting Portland Trail Blazers 111-102 Tuesday night.
Wesley Matthews added 17 points and DeAndre Jordan contributed 12 points and 17 boards for the Mavericks, who have won eight in a row at home and nine of 11 games overall.
Damian Lillard collected 33 points, eight rebounds and eight assists for the Trail Blazers, who have lost three in a row and six of their past seven games. CJ McCollum scored 18 points, and Al-Farouq Aminu chipped in 12 points and 13 rebounds for Portland.
Jordan and Matthews each scored 11 points for Dallas as it marched to a 60-45 lead at the half.
Portland trimmed the deficit to 70-60, but the Mavericks went on a 6-0 run. Lillard scored six in a row to get it to 76-66. Dallas jacked its lead to 87-73 going into the final period.
The Mavs scored the first five points of the fourth quarter to go in front 92-73. The Blazers drew within 100-93 on a Lillard jump shot with 4:03 to play.
Matthews sank a pair of free throws to give Dallas a 102-93 advantage with 3:16 remaining. Jusuf Nurkic answered with a layup to cut it to 102-95, but Doncic hit two foul shots for a nine-point Mavericks lead with 2:18 left. Lillard's layup got Portland to within 104-97 with 1:50 on the clock.
After Dennis Smith split a pair at the line to make it 105-97, Lillard tipped in his own miss to cut it to 105-99 with 1:25 to go. However, Doncic delivered a 3-pointer to give Dallas a 108-99 lead with 58.7 seconds to play. Smith's dunk seconds later wrapped it up for the Mavs.
Dallas used an 11-0 run to go ahead 28-17 late in the first quarter. The Mavs increased the difference to 34-20 heading into the second quarter.
The Mavs hiked their advantage to 40-23 before the Blazers scored six points in a row. Dallas kept coming, taking a 15-point edge into the break.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Portland |
|
Dallas |
|
Damian Lillard 33 |
Scoring |
Luka Doncic 21 |
|
Damian Lillard 8 |
Assists |
Dennis Smith Jr. 9 |
|
Al-Farouq Aminu 13 |
Rebounds |
DeAndre Jordan 16 |
|
Damian Lillard 11 |
Free Throws Made |
Luka Doncic 7 |
|
CJ McCollum 2 |
Steals |
Maxi Kleber 3 |
|
Damian Lillard 2 |
Blocks |
Harrison Barnes 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Portland
|
102 |
45.2 |
7-24 |
19-23 |
20 |
48 |
6 |
7 |
19 |
| Dallas
|
111 |
43.2 |
11-30 |
24-35 |
25 |
50 |
4 |
11 |
13 |
Upcoming Games
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Dallas will play their next game on the road against New Orleans. The Mavericks have a W/L % of .636 after a win and .455 after a loss.
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Portland will play their next game at home against Phoenix. The Trail Blazers have a W/L % of .571 after a win and .500 after a loss.