After trailing for most of the night, the Dallas Mavericks ended Thursday’s game on a magnificent 18-2 run en route to rallying for an electrifying 117-111 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers at American Airlines Center.
This was the second win in a row for the Mavs and padded their record to 22-16, while Portland dropped to 13-24.
In pushing their record to 16-2 on their annual Seats For Soldiers game, the Mavs trailed, 109-99, with 4:33 remaining. But in displaying the energy and effort coach Jason Kidd has commonly talked about, the Mavs rattled off the ensuing 16 consecutive points and won a game that seemingly was about to slip away from them.