The Portland Trail Blazers complete their brief swing through Texas by facing the surging Dallas Mavericks, winners of 13 of their last 16 games. The Blazers on the other hand have lost seven out of the last eight. Most recently Portland got blocked by Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs, 114-94, on Saturday.
Dallas has been generally playing good basketball recently, but another injury to Luka Doncic is reason for concern. He’s averaged 30.8 points, 10.7 rebounds and 9.3 assists for December, so he was on a tear. His left heel injury has kept him out of the last two games, and his status for the Blazers game is questionable as of this writing.