Portland Trail Blazers vs Dallas Mavericks Match Player Stats On Dec 04, 2018

Rookie forward Luka Doncic scored 21 points and grabbed nine rebounds as the Dallas Mavericks polished off the visiting Portland Trail Blazers 111-102 Tuesday night.

Wesley Matthews added 17 points and DeAndre Jordan contributed 12 points and 17 boards for the Mavericks, who have won eight in a row at home and nine of 11 games overall.

Damian Lillard collected 33 points, eight rebounds and eight assists for the Trail Blazers, who have lost three in a row and six of their past seven games. CJ McCollum scored 18 points, and Al-Farouq Aminu chipped in 12 points and 13 rebounds for Portland.

Jordan and Matthews each scored 11 points for Dallas as it marched to a 60-45 lead at the half.

Portland trimmed the deficit to 70-60, but the Mavericks went on a 6-0 run. Lillard scored six in a row to get it to 76-66. Dallas jacked its lead to 87-73 going into the final period.

The Mavs scored the first five points of the fourth quarter to go in front 92-73. The Blazers drew within 100-93 on a Lillard jump shot with 4:03 to play.

Matthews sank a pair of free throws to give Dallas a 102-93 advantage with 3:16 remaining. Jusuf Nurkic answered with a layup to cut it to 102-95, but Doncic hit two foul shots for a nine-point Mavericks lead with 2:18 left. Lillard's layup got Portland to within 104-97 with 1:50 on the clock.

After Dennis Smith split a pair at the line to make it 105-97, Lillard tipped in his own miss to cut it to 105-99 with 1:25 to go. However, Doncic delivered a 3-pointer to give Dallas a 108-99 lead with 58.7 seconds to play. Smith's dunk seconds later wrapped it up for the Mavs.

Dallas used an 11-0 run to go ahead 28-17 late in the first quarter. The Mavs increased the difference to 34-20 heading into the second quarter.

The Mavs hiked their advantage to 40-23 before the Blazers scored six points in a row. Dallas kept coming, taking a 15-point edge into the break.

--Field Level Media