The Portland Trail Blazers finished off their long, six-game road trip with a back-and-forth affair against the Dallas Mavericks tonight. What might have been billed as a matchup between All-Star guards Damian Lillard and Luka Doncic actually became Doncic versus Portland’s rotating cast of stepper-uppers. The scoreboard remained close throughout, but when the smoke cleared, Dallas had a 117-112 victory.
If you missed the game, you can read our quarter-by-quarter recap here. After that, here are other observations from the evening.
One-Two Connection
To the extent they evidenced themselves, Portland’s struggles tonight centered around a couple players and positions.