The Dallas Mavericks rebounded on Friday night at home to punish the Portland Trailblazers, 130-110. Luka Doncic and Christian Wood combined to score 65 points on a hilarious 22 of 35 shooting. The duo also chipped in a combined 18 rebounds and nine assists to help lead the Mavericks to victory.
Josh and I got together to discuss the win, which felt much needed after a rough loss to the Cavaliers on Wednesday, followed by the news that Maxi Kleber might be out for a long time, which broke on Thursday morning. With Kleber out, head coach Jason Kidd was forced to play Christian Wood more and earlier and Wood responded with an efficient and effective offensive game with some pretty good defense to boot.