PORTLAND, Ore. - The bottom line is that this will go down as a night that put a pitchfork in a ruinous road trip and also pumped up the volume on Luka-mania.
Big time.
The Mavericks’ rookie, with just six-tenths of a second to work with, caught and shot a 3-pointer from the corner at the regulation, forcing an overtime that looked impossible seconds earlier.
Never mind that the Mavericks were in great position to beat Portland Sunday night, just as they had two of the other three opponents on this journey in their cross hairs, and yet, fell again.