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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mavericks | 25 | 36 | 39 | 37 | 137 |
 Trail Blazers | 29 | 29 | 39 | 34 | 131 |
DALTeam statsPOR| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAL | 48-8755.2% | 18-3650.0% | 23-2979.3% | 33 | 33 | 13 |
| POR | 49-8458.3% | 18-3158.1% | 15-1883.3% | 39 | 29 | 21 |
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Dallas Mavericks137| 37 | 14 | 5-8 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +0.2 | ||||||
| 36 | 36 | 15-24 | 4-10 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +15.8 | ||||||
| 36 | 28 | 9-13 | 5-7 | 5-6 | 0 | +6 | +11.7 | |||||||
| 27 | 19 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 5-7 | 0 | 0 | +11 | +3.1 | ||||||
| 23 | 13 | 5-12 | 3-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −0.5 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 34 | 20 | 5-9 | 2-4 | 8-8 | 0 | 0 | +14 | +3.7 | ||||||
| 27 | 2 | 0-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −7.5 | |||||
| 15 | 5 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +0.4 | |||||
| 3 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1.3 | ||||
| Team | 137 | 48-8755.2% | 18-3650.0% | 33 | 33 | 13 | 15 | 23-2979.3% | 8 | 13 | 0 | |||
Bench 27 points on 7 for 19 shooting
Did not play: Markieff Morris, Jazian Gortman and Kessler Edwards (coach’s decision).
Portland Trail Blazers131| 37 | 14 | 4-10 | 2-3 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −0.8 | ||||||
| 37 | 22 | 10-20 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | −1 | −1.6 | |||||||
| 36 | 17 | 6-10 | 5-7, Career high (his best before, 4) | 0-0 | 0 | +4 | +4.8 | |||||||
| 32 | 18 | 8-11 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 0 | −6 | −1.2 | |||||||
| 23 | 27 | 9-11 | 6-8 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +4 | +10.8 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 21, Season high (his best before, 20) | 7-12 | 2-4 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | −16 | +0.2 | ||||||
| 25 | 9 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −2.3 | ||||
| 12 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −2.0 | |||||
| 5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −1.2 | |||||
| 3 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | +0.9 | ||
| Team | 131 | 49-8458.3% | 18-3158.1% | 39 | 29 | 21 | 25 | 15-1883.3% | 10 | 7 | 0 | |||
Bench 33 points on 12 for 22 shooting
Did not play: Matisse Thybulle, Scoot Henderson and Donovan Clingan (injury/illness); Taze Moore and Duop Reath (coach’s decision).
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Luka Dončić had 36 points (22 in the paint) and 13 assists, and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Portland Trail Blazers 137-131 for their fourth straight win.
P.J. Washington’s corner 3-pointer put the Mavericks ahead for good with 54 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
The Trail Blazers got within 130-129 on Deni Avdija’s driving layup with 49 seconds to play, but Spencer Dinwiddie answered with 2 free throws, and the Trail Blazers got no closer. They had the ball down 3 with 42 seconds left, but Quentin Grimes stole the ball from Shaedon Sharpe. A 3-pointer would have tied the game.
During clutch time, the Mavericks outscored the Trail Blazers 15-9. Grimes scored 4 of the Mavericks’ 15 on 1 for 2 shooting and 2 for 3 at the line.
Grimes had 28 points and a career-high 5 steals on 9 for 13 shooting, and Dinwiddie added 20 points off the bench. The Mavericks had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Trail Blazers, Anfernee Simons scored 27 points (24 in the third quarter) on 9 for 11 shooting, and Sharpe added 22 points. Avdija scored 21 points off the bench. Avdija scored 14 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter. The Trail Blazers had 3 20-point scorers.
The Trail Blazers turned it over 21 times, about 4 more than usual for this many possessions. The Mavericks outscored the Trail Blazers 29-12 in 6 minutes with Dinwiddie, Washington, Dončić, Gafford and Grimes on the floor together. Simons fouled out.
Dallas MavericksPortland Trail BlazersPS, 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).
114 points from the field on 87 shots: 16.7 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 21-30 | 70.0% | 66% |
| In the paint | 7-15 | 46.7% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 2-6 | 33.3% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-10 | 30.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 15-26 | 57.7% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toumani Camara | 35 | 5 | 2-6 | −9 |
| Jerami Grant | 11 | 3 | 1-3 | −1 |
| Deandre Ayton | 8 | 8 | 3-4 | +5 |
| Anfernee Simons | 6 | 4 | 2-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 16 | 7-9 | +9 |
The tracking credits him with 36 points on 77 possessions. He usually scores about 31 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anfernee Simons | 22 | 9 | 3-5 | +4 |
| Shaedon Sharpe | 14 | 5 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Dalano Banton | 11 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Jerami Grant | 8 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 9 | 3-5 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 28 points on 72 possessions. He usually scores about 16 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalano Banton | 13 | 6 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Shaedon Sharpe | 13 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Deni Avdija | 12 | 6 | 1-2 | +4 |
| Toumani Camara | 9 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 8 | 2-4 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 68 possessions. He usually scores about 12 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.
POR win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Washington 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Dončić 13 AST)
Q4 0:55
42.0%
56→14
Avdija 1' Driving Finger Roll Layup (19 PTS)
Q4 0:50
26.0%
14→40
Avdija Free Throw 1 of 1 (17 PTS)
Q4 1:54
19.0%
37→56
Grimes 27' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (23 PTS) (Washington 4 AST)
Q3 0:00
17.6%
55→37
Banton 1' Driving Dunk (9 PTS)
Q4 3:39
17.5%
29→47
