To say the Portland Trail Blazers didn’t have a great game the other day against these same Dallas Mavericks would be an understatement.
The 29-point loss may have actually been even further away than the score would indicate, with Luka Doncic - who averaged 37-11-9 in December and leads all guards in All-Star votes - going for 41 points in just 31 minutes. Yowza.
For Dallas, this is an opportunity to bolster their milquetoast record a bit, as they’re winners of just four of their last 10 games. For Portland, it’s perhaps an opportunity to take advantage of the NBA’s modern scheduling that has them staying in the same city despite continuing their road trip.