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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Trail Blazers | 34 | 24 | 45 | 18 | 121 |
 Mavericks | 25 | 36 | 30 | 27 | 118 |
PORTeam statsDAL| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POR | 45-8552.9% | 18-4045.0% | 13-1968.4% | 36 | 15 | 15 |
| DAL | 40-8149.4% | 14-4134.1% | 24-2596.0% | 35 | 19 | 12 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Portland Trail Blazers121| 39 | 15 | 5-7 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +4 | +5.7 | |||||
| 36 | 34 | 12-26 | 5-11 | 5-7 | 0 | 0 | +11 | +3.7 | ||||||
| 36 | 17 | 6-13 | 3-8 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −3.0 | |||||
| 32 | 6 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +2 | −3.5 | |||||
| 23 | 14 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | +3 | +5.5 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 15 | 7-17 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −6.1 | ||||||
| 24 | 12 | 4-6 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −1.6 | |||||
| 13 | 5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −1.2 | |||||
| 5 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.7 | |||
| Team | 121 | 45-8552.9% | 18-4045.0% | 36 | 15 | 15 | 23 | 13-1968.4% | 10 | 7 | 2 | |||
Bench 35 points on 14 for 28 shooting
Did not play: Jusuf Nurkić, Zach Collins and CJ McCollum (injury/illness); CJ Elleby and Keljin Blevins (coach’s decision).
Dallas Mavericks118| 36 | 44 | 14-20 | 5-8 | 11-12 | 0 | 0 | −10 | +15.7 | ||||||
| 35 | 14 | 5-8 | 4-7 | 0-0 | −10 | +0.9 | ||||||||
| 31 | 18 | 5-9 | 0-3 | 0 | 8-8 | −6 | +3.0 | |||||||
| 25 | 8 | 3-8 | 2-6 | 0 | 0-0 | −11 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 25 | 6 | 3-7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | −3 | −5.9 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 34 | 11 | 5-12 | 0-5 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +14 | −7.0 | |||||
| 27 | 12 | 4-12 | 2-7 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −6.8 | ||||
| 16 | 2 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | +5 | +0.3 | ||||||
| 10 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | +1.4 | |||
| Team | 118 | 40-8149.4% | 14-4134.1% | 35 | 19 | 12 | 21 | 24-2596.0% | 10 | 5 | 6 | |||
Bench 28 points on 10 for 29 shooting
Did not play: Josh Green, Wes Iwundu, James Johnson, Boban Marjanovic and Dwight Powell (coach’s decision).
Trail Blazers121Mavericks118ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Damian Lillard had 34 points (16 in the third quarter) and 11 assists, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Dallas Mavericks 121-118 for their fourth straight win.
Lillard’s step-back 3-pointer put the Trail Blazers ahead for good with 32 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
The Mavericks got within 119-118 on Luka Dončić’s driving dunk with 26 seconds to play, but Derrick Jones Jr. answered with a cutting layup, and the Mavericks got no closer. They had the ball down 3 after a timeout, but Dončić missed a 3-pointer with 5 seconds left that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the Mavericks outscored the Trail Blazers 11-9. Dončić (No. 3 in clutch wins added, 2020-21) scored 6 of the Mavericks’ 11 on 2 for 3 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line.
Robert Covington had 15 points (12 on 4 3-pointers) and 4 steals.
For the Mavericks, Dončić had 44 points and 9 assists on 14 for 20 shooting.
The Trail Blazers shot 52.9% from the field and 45.0% from 3 to the Mavericks’ 49.4% and 34.1%. The Mavericks’ starters were outscored 35-19 in 10 minutes together.
Portland Trail BlazersDallas MavericksPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
108 points from the field on 85 shots: 14.7 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 18-26 | 69.2% | 64% |
| In the paint | 5-11 | 45.5% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 4-8 | 50.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 2-7 | 28.6% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 16-33 | 48.5% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorian Finney-Smith | 40 | 21 | 7-11 | +4 |
| Tim Hardaway Jr. | 8 | 3 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Josh Richardson | 6 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Jalen Brunson | 5 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 6 | 3-12 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 32 points on 72 possessions. He usually scores about 30 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Brunson | 22 | 5 | 2-4 | −1 |
| Josh Richardson | 19 | 3 | 1-2 | −2 |
| Tim Hardaway Jr. | 11 | 3 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Dorian Finney-Smith | 5 | 6 | 2-3 | +5 |
| Everyone else | 8 | 2 | 1-4 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 65 possessions. He usually scores about 18 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luka Dončić | 27 | 10 | 3-3 | +7 |
| Josh Richardson | 16 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Jalen Brunson | 12 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Dorian Finney-Smith | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 3 | 1-4 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 15 points on 71 possessions. He usually scores about 8 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
DAL win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
POR
50/50
DAL
Highest Leverage Moments
Lillard 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (34 PTS)
Q4 0:33
40.6%
55→14
Finney-Smith 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Doncic 9 AST)
Q4 0:50
34.5%
21→55
Jones Jr. 1' Cutting Layup Shot (6 PTS) (Anthony 3 AST)
Q4 0:07
26.7%
32→6
Doncic 2' Driving Dunk (44 PTS)
Q4 0:27
17.8%
14→32
Lillard Driving Finger Roll Layup (29 PTS)
Q4 1:38
16.9%
37→21
