Damian Lillard had 36 points and 10 assists, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Dallas Mavericks 136-119 to end a 5-game losing streak.
The Trail Blazers took control with a 29-14 run bridging the second and third quarters and led by as many as 26.
Jusuf Nurkić had 22 points (12 in the fourth quarter) and 11 rebounds, and Anfernee Simons added 21 points (9 in the second quarter). Nurkić scored 12 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter. The Trail Blazers had 3 20-point scorers and 7 players in double-digit scoring.
For the Mavericks, Spencer Dinwiddie scored 25 points on 8 for 12 shooting, and Reggie Bullock Jr. added a season-high 24 points on 8 for 10 shooting.
The Mavericks made 22 3-pointers, 8 of them by Bullock and 4 by Dinwiddie. They got 2 offensive rebounds, about 5 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. The Trail Blazers outscored the Mavericks 24-9 on the fast break. The Mavericks were outscored 16-6 in 4 minutes with Bertans, Hardaway, Dinwiddie, Ntilikina and Pinson on the floor together.