The fell to the 131-120 on Saturday night. The game quickly turned into a shootout, one in which Portland didn’t maintain the adequate firepower to match up with the hot-shooting Mavs and Luka Doncic, who recorded a 40-point triple-double.
During postgame media availability, Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups said the game turned out the way it did because Portland tried to adapt to Dallas’ offensive style of play, rather than mucking the contest up with defense and fight.
I thought we waited too long to fight, to scrap and claw like we usually do and how we usually play.