The Portland Trail Blazers left their defensive game plan and most of their self respect leaking on the floor on Wednesday night in a blowout loss to the Dallas Mavericks. Luka Doncic scored 41 and Kyrie Irving 29 as the Mavericks dissected and demolished the visitors from Portland. Dallas had 78 points at the half and cruised on to a 126-97 victory.
If you missed the action and have a high tolerance for pain, you can read our quarter-by-quarter recap here. After that, here are other factors that played into the outcome.