Mavericks-Trail Blazers Preview

By ANNE M. PETERSON
Posted Apr 22 2011 4:35PM

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) While the energy in the first-round playoff series against Dallas looks to have tilted Portland's way, the Trail Blazers still need to address some issues if they hope to even the series.

The Blazers need to improve aspects of their defense, despite the 97-92 victory in Game 3. And they're still lacking production from the bench, even though Brandon Roy's 16 points were somewhat a breakthrough.

"We can be better," coach Nate McMillan said Friday. "And we're going to need to be better."

Wesley Matthews led the Blazers with 25 points in Portland's victory Thursday night, which drew the Blazers within 2-1 into best-of-7 series.

The result was true to the regular-season series, when each team won twice on their home court. The Blazers will host the Mavericks in Game 4 on Saturday afternoon.

Besides Matthews, LaMarcus Aldridge had 20 points in the victory. Dependable veteran guard Andre Miller had 16 - as did Roy, who had scored just one field goal in the previous two playoff games.

Roy had groused in frustration after going scoreless in Game 2. His comments touched off controversy in Portland, where fans seemed divided in their support.

The three-time All-Star had arthroscopic surgery on both his knees in January and has struggled with his role off the bench.

But spurred by the presence of his family, and supportive text messages - even one from Charles Barkley - Roy played with abandon in Game 3.

Now the trick for him is to do it again.

"Last night I went out there and just played and had fun," Roy said. "And that's what I'm going to have to do on Saturday."

Overall, the Mavericks' bench outscored the Blazer's bench by 109-56 through the first three games.

The Blazers had trouble stopping Jason Terry, who came off the bench and had 29 points and seven assists. The game before that it was Peja Stojakovic who gave the Blazers fits, and the game before that, there was Jason Kidd. Those three have had the bulk of scoring to complement Dirk Nowitzki.

"We'd like to get a few more guys involved and able to score a few more points. But if you're not going to have a balanced game, you need to have a couple of guys who go for big numbers," Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle said. "There's no set formula for us. We don't say Dirk's gotta be the first guy and Jet (Terry) is going to be the second and (Shawn) Marion's the third work that way for us."

The Mavericks opened this year's playoffs with an 89-81 victory. Kidd had 24 points, including a playoff career-best six 3-pointers. Nowitzki had 28 points - 18 in the fourth quarter alone - and 10 rebounds.

In a 101-89 Game 2 victory, Stojakovic tied his career playoff best with five 3-pointers and finished with 21 points, while Kidd pitched in 18. Nowitzki, showing more resolve than in the opener, finished with 33.

"It usually comes down to X-factors and who makes shots," said Nowitzki, who had 25 points and nine rebounds in Game 3. "In the playoffs you have to attack from everywhere, and you have to make shots and make enough plays from all over the place. Whoever is in has to be in that attack mode to really help the team win."

Nowtizki said the Mavericks also need to correct minor things that stood out in Game 3 - Dallas had 13 turnovers and made just 13 of 23 free-throw attempts. But he liked how his team was able to hang with the Blazers in front of the their hometown crowd.

"We feel like we took their best blow and we're still right there," he said. "We have another opportunity on Saturday, and obviously we don't want to go home with a tied series."

Portland has won 11 of its last 10 at the Rose Garden. Overall against Dallas, the Blazers have a 47-18 advantage at home in the regular season, and they're 7-1 in playoff games.

Dallas is 2-1 when it opened 2-0 in 15 previous best-of-7 series. The exception was the 2006 NBA Finals when the Miami Heat defeated the Mavericks in six games. The Heat were just the third team to claim a championship after trailing 0-2.

The last time Dallas and Portland met in the playoffs was 2003. The Mavs claimed the first three games before the Blazers won the next three. The Mavericks took the deciding game in Dallas.

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Roy has 24 in Blazers' 84-82 Game 4 win over Mavs

By ANNE M. PETERSON
Posted Apr 23 2011 11:30PM

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Brandon Roy's season had been fraught with uncertainty, first over the stability of his knees, then over his diminished role with the team.

All those doubts melted away on Saturday when he led the Portland Trail Blazers to one of the greatest comebacks in NBA playoff history.

With 39.2 seconds left, Roy made a go-ahead bank shot that gave the Trail Blazers a stunning 84-82 comeback victory over the Dallas Mavericks - and evened their first-round playoff series at two games apiece.

Roy finished with 24 points - 18 in the fourth quarter alone - as the Blazers erased a 23-point deficit. Portland became the third NBA team in the shot clock era to win a playoff game when trailing by 18 points or more heading into the fourth quarter.

"I've been in some pretty good zones before," the three-time All-Star said. "But nothing like tonight."

After the victory, Roy was swallowed by the embrace of several of his teammates.

"It still just doesn't feel real yet," he said. "It was just an unbelievable game and comeback. With everything I've been through this season, they just all came into that moment there on the court when guys we're grabbing and cheering me on. It was real special."

Trailing 67-44 in the third quarter, the Blazers closed the gap to 77-70 after Roy's step-back jumper.

Jason Terry answered with a 3-pointer but then Roy drove down the lane and finished to narrow it to 80-74 with 2:32 to go. LaMarcus Aldridge added a turnaround jumper.

Roy traded baskets with Shawn Marion before making a 3-pointer and a free throw with 1:06 left to tie it at 82.

After Roy's go-ahead jumper from out front banked in, the Mavericks missed two 3-point tries, the first from Jason Kidd and the second from Terry as time ran out. Roy defended Terry on the final shot.

Dirk Nowitzki had 20 points to lead the Mavericks. Terry finished with 13 off the bench.

Aldridge finished with 18 points for the Blazers, while Gerald Wallace had 10 points and 11 rebounds.

"When people ask me what did I do in the fourth quarter, I'll tell them `I stood in the corner and watched The Brandon Roy Show,"' Wallace said.

The series now heads back to Dallas for Game 5 on Monday.

"Did we let up? I think we let up, yeah. There isn't any question," Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle said.

The Blazers started slow, going 0-for-4 from the floor with two turnovers, and finished the first quarter shooting just 25 percent (4-for-16). Dallas capitalized on the pace, taking a 22-13 lead early in the second quarter after Terry's jumper.

Aldridge didn't score for the Blazers until a pair of free throws 7:36 mark of the second quarter.

While successfully defending Aldridge, Portland's top scorer, the Mavericks were spreading their scoring around better than they had in the previous three games, and extended the lead to 33-23 on Tyson Chandler's layup.

Tempers flared with 3:21 left in the first half when Aldridge and Chandler got into a shoving match under the Blazers' basket, resulting in a technical for each.

The scuffle seemed to bring the fans - and the Blazers themselves - back into the game, albeit temporarily. Portland closed to 37-35 at the break after Wesley Matthews' layup and a pair for free throws from Aldridge.

Matthews led the Blazers with 25 points in Portland's 97-92 victory in Game 3 on Thursday night, which drew the Blazers within 2-1 into best-of-7 series.

The Mavericks did not go to the free-throw line in the first half, while the Blazers went 12-for-12.

Kidd's high-arcing 3-pointer game the Mavs a 48-37 lead in the third quarter and the Rose Garden crowd fell quiet. It touched off a 16-4 run by the Mavs capped by Peja Stojakovic's 3-pointer to make it 64-41.

The Blazers missed their first 15 shots from the floor in the third.

"You can always, after the fact, talk about what you could have done or should have done," Nowitzki said. "You can go a million ways about it, and afterward you're a lot smarter, but that doesn't help anybody right now. We all have to take it and stay positive."

Roy embarked on his turnaround when he had 16 points in Portland's Game 3 - after grousing to a reporter in frustration after going scoreless in Game 2. The comments seemed to polarize fans, but Roy said overwhelming encouragement from friends and family - including a text from Charles Barkley - led him to the breakthrough.

The three-time All-Star has played off the bench since his surgery in January, and has at times had trouble adjusting to his diminished role.

Carlisle insisted Roy's emergence in the playoffs didn't throw the Mavericks.

"We've been saying all series that we've been game planning for him like he's an All-Star," the coach said. "He's had two of those night now, so we'll continue to do that. He got on a roll in the fourth and made some things happen. I'm going to take the blame for a lot of that. There are different things defensively we could have done."

The Mavs opened the playoffs with an 89-81 victory. Nowitzki had 28 points - 18 in the fourth quarter alone - and 10 rebounds. The 7-foot veteran had 33 points in Dallas' 101-89 win in Game 2.

Overall against Dallas, the Blazers have a 48-18 advantage at home in the regular season, and they're 8-1 in playoff games.

Dallas is 2-1 when it opened 2-0 in 15 previous best-of-7 series. The exception was the 2006 NBA Finals when the Miami Heat defeated the Mavericks in six games. The Heat were just the third team to claim a championship after trailing 0-2.

The last time Dallas and Portland met in the playoffs was 2003. The Mavs claimed the first three games before the Blazers won the next three. The Mavericks took the deciding game in Dallas.

Notes: Minnesota forward Kevin Love, who grew up in Lake Oswego, Ore., sat courtside. ... Lots of security was apparent behind the Dallas bench. Maverick owner Mark Cuban, sitting in the seats just behind his players, said he was hit in the face with an unknown object in the fourth quarter of Game 3. Cuban was unhurt. ... The two other biggest fourth-quarter comebacks, according to the Elias Sports Bureau, were Boston's rally from a 74-53 deficit at home against New Jersey for a 94-90 victory on May 25, 2002, and Phoenix coming back from trailing 100-82 against the Rockets to win 124-117 on May 11, 1994, in Houston.

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Mavericks-Trail Blazers notebook

By Kerry Eggers, for NBA.com
Posted Saturday April 23, 2011 9:38PM

THE FACTS: Brandon Roy scored 18 of his game-high 24 points in the fourth quarter -- including a 10-foot bank shot with 39.2 seconds left for the game's final points -- to lift the Trail Blazers to an improbable 84-82 first-round playoff victory over the Dallas Mavericks Saturday at the Rose Garden. The win squares the best-of-seven series at two games apiece, with Game 5 Monday night in Dallas' American Airlines Center. Portland trailed 64-41 late in third quarter after missing its first 15 shots of the third quarter. The Blazers trailed 67-49 entering the final period. It was the biggest fourth-quarter comeback in franchise playoff history.

QUOTABLE: "It still doesn't feel real yet. Just an unbelievable game, the comeback. With everything I've been through this season, it all came into that moment there on the court, when guys were grabbing me and cheering me on. It was real special."
-- Roy.

THE STAT: Portland shot .286 through three quarters (14 for 49) and .750 in the fourth period (15 for 20), finishing at .420 for the game.

TURNING POINT: Dallas led 67-44 in the final minute of the third quarter when LaMarcus Aldridge scored on a lob pass from Roy. Roy followed with a 3-point shot with 1.9 seconds to play. That kicked off a spree of eight straight made shots for the Blazers. Subsequently, the Mavericks went eight consecutive possessions without a score, and suddenly, it was a game.

QUOTABLE II: "We here in Portland know what he is capable of doing. Tonight was the Brandon Roy of old. He took the game on his shoulders and carried the team, willed the team to win. There were possessions earlier where he was doing a good job of setting guys up and kicking it, but in the fourth quarter, he wasn't passing the ball. He was going to take the shot, and live with the result."
-- Portland coach Nate McMillan.

HOT: Roy was 8 for 10 in the fourth quarter, including the winning basket, a step-back 10-footer from the middle of the key that banked home. He wasn't trying to bank the shot, but he was so hot, it went in, anyway.

NOT: Dallas shot .408 for the game and was 5 for 17 (.294) in the fourth quarter.

FANTASY SPOTLIGHT: Roy again. Along with 24 points, he had five assists and four rebounds in his 24 minutes off the bench.

QUOTABLE III: "NBA games are long. You have to keep playing. What got us the lead were stops and scores. What lost the lead was we went eight straight times without scoring, and that fueled (the Blazers') offense. It's a very tough loss. We're very disappointed."
-- Dallas coach Rick Carlisle.

INSIDE THE ARENA: At courtside was Portland native Kevin Love, the NBA's Most Improved Player Award winner from Minnesota.

GOOD MOVE: Portland coach Nate McMillan put the ball in the hands of Roy in the fourth quarter. It paid off.

BAD MOVE: Portland led 84-82 and had possession after a rebound with 28.9 seconds left. Dallas coach Rick Carlisle chose not to foul. Roy missed a 3-point attempt with five seconds remaining, but the Mavericks were able to get off only a hurried Jason Terry trey that missed at the buzzer.

NOTABLE: Portland becomes the third team in the NBA's shot-clock era to win a playoff game when trailing by 18 or more points entering the fourth quarter.

UP NEXT: Game 5 Monday @ Dallas, Game 6 Thursday @ Portland.

• Mavericks: Beaubois, Butler, Jones
• Trail Blazers: Babbitt, Oden, Williams

• Mavericks: Chandler
• Trail Blazers: Aldridge

• Lead Changes: 3
• Times Tied: 2

• Arena: Rose Garden, Portland, OR
• Officials: #25 Tony Brothers, #29 Steve Javie, #55 Bill Kennedy
• Attendance: 20357
• Duration: 2:32

Dallas Mavericks (57-26)		Portland Trail Blazers (49-34)
Start of 1st Quarter
(12:00) Jump Ball Camby vs Chandler (Nowitzki gains possession)
Marion Jump Hook Shot: Made (2 PTS)	11:42 [DAL 2-0]
	11:23	Wallace Jump Shot: Missed
Kidd Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	11:21
Kidd Jump Shot: Missed Block: Camby (1 BLK)	11:14
	11:13	Camby Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	10:54	Aldridge Jump Shot: Missed
Stevenson Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	10:53
Stevenson 3pt Shot: Missed	10:34
	10:33	Wallace Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	10:23	Miller Turnover : Bad Pass (1 TO)
Chandler Jump Shot: Missed	10:04
	10:03	Camby Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)
Kidd Foul : Personal (1 PF)	09:50
	09:36	Aldridge Turnover : Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (1 TO)
Nowitzki Jump Shot: Missed	09:26
	09:25	Camby Rebound (Off:0 Def:3)
	09:12	Matthews Jump Shot: Missed
Stevenson Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)	09:11
Stevenson 3pt Shot: Made (3 PTS)	08:56 [DAL 5-0]
	08:30	Aldridge Turnaround Jump Shot: Missed
Kidd Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)	08:28
Marion Jump Shot: Missed	08:05
Team Rebound	08:04
Team Turnover : Shot Clock Turnover	08:03
	07:58	Team Timeout : Regular
	07:49 [POR 2-5]	Miller Jump Shot: Made (2 PTS)
Marion Jump Shot: Missed	07:27
	07:26	Aldridge Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	07:15	Aldridge Jump Shot: Missed
Marion Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	07:14
Stevenson Turnover : Bad Pass (1 TO) Steal:Camby (1 ST)	07:07
Stevenson Foul : Shooting (1 PF)	06:56
	06:56 [POR 3-5]	Miller Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
	06:56 [POR 4-5]	Miller Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
Stevenson 3pt Shot: Made (6 PTS) Assist: Marion (1 AST)	06:31 [DAL 8-4]
	06:07 [POR 7-8]	Matthews 3pt Shot: Made (3 PTS) Assist: Wallace (1 AST)
Nowitzki Turnover : Bad Pass (1 TO) Steal:Miller (1 ST)	05:53
	05:50	Miller Turnover : Bad Pass (2 TO) Steal:Kidd (1 ST)
Nowitzki Jump Shot: Missed	05:45
	05:44	Miller Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	05:32 [POR 9-8]	Miller Jump Shot: Made (6 PTS)
Team Timeout : Regular	05:24
	05:24	Wallace Substitution replaced by Batum
	05:15	Camby Foul : Personal (1 PF)
Kidd 3pt Shot: Made (3 PTS) Assist: Stevenson (1 AST)	05:05 [DAL 11-9]
Kidd Foul : Personal (2 PF)	04:51
Stevenson Substitution replaced by Terry	04:51
Kidd Substitution replaced by Barea	04:51
	04:37	Batum 3pt Shot: Missed
Terry Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	04:36
Chandler Turnover : Bad Pass (1 TO) Steal:Batum (1 ST)	04:25
	04:19 [POR 11-11]	Matthews Layup Shot: Made (5 PTS)
	04:06	Batum Foul : Personal (1 PF)
Barea Jump Shot: Missed	03:55
Chandler Rebound (Off:1 Def:0)	03:54
Nowitzki 3pt Shot: Made (3 PTS) Assist: Chandler (1 AST)	03:50 [DAL 14-11]
	03:30	Batum Foul : Offensive (2 PF)
	03:30	Batum Turnover : Foul (1 TO)
	03:30	Matthews Substitution replaced by Fernandez
	03:30	Batum Substitution replaced by Roy
Marion Substitution replaced by Stojakovic	03:30
Nowitzki Layup Shot: Missed Block: Camby (2 BLK)	03:11
Barea Rebound (Off:1 Def:0)	03:09
Nowitzki 3pt Shot: Missed	03:05
Chandler Rebound (Off:2 Def:0)	03:04
Terry Layup Shot: Missed Block: Camby (3 BLK)	02:54
	02:53	Miller Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)
	02:31	Fernandez Jump Shot: Missed
Team Rebound	02:31
	02:31	Camby Foul : Personal (2 PF)
Chandler Substitution replaced by Haywood	02:31
	02:31	Camby Substitution replaced by Johnson
Stojakovic 3pt Shot: Missed	02:13
	02:09	Fernandez Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
Barea Foul : Personal (1 PF)	01:50
	01:50	Miller Substitution replaced by Matthews
Nowitzki Substitution replaced by Marion	01:50
	01:41	Aldridge Jump Shot: Missed
Marion Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)	01:40
Barea Turnover : Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (1 TO)	01:30
	01:30	Aldridge Substitution replaced by Wallace
	01:17	Roy Jump Shot: Missed Block: Haywood (1 BLK)
	01:17	Team Rebound
	01:11	Matthews Turnaround Jump Shot: Missed
Barea Rebound (Off:1 Def:1)	01:10
Terry Jump Shot: Missed	01:04
	01:03	Wallace Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)
	00:57.4	Wallace Turnover : Bad Pass (1 TO)
Barea Driving Layup Shot: Made (2 PTS)	00:38.9 [DAL 16-11]
	00:19.9	Wallace Turnover : Bad Pass (2 TO) Steal:Stojakovic (1 ST)
Marion Turnover : Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (1 TO)	00:18.4
	00:18.4	Johnson Substitution replaced by Aldridge
	00:02.8	Roy 3pt Shot: Missed
	00:00.5	Matthews Rebound (Off:1 Def:0)
	00:00.2	Matthews Tip Shot: Missed
	00:00.0	Team Rebound
End of 1st Quarter
Dallas Mavericks (57-26)		Portland Trail Blazers (49-34)
Start of 2nd QuarterBack to Top
	11:46 [POR 13-16]	Batum Layup Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Fernandez (1 AST)
Stojakovic Jump Shot: Missed	11:27
Haywood Rebound (Off:1 Def:0)	11:24
Haywood Putback Dunk Shot: Made (2 PTS)	11:24 [DAL 18-13]
	11:13	Fernandez 3pt Shot: Missed
Haywood Rebound (Off:1 Def:1)	11:11
Barea Driving Layup Shot: Made (4 PTS)	10:52 [DAL 20-13]
	10:30	Aldridge Jump Shot: Missed
Terry Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)	10:29
Terry Jump Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Marion (2 AST)	10:16 [DAL 22-13]
	10:07	Team Timeout : Regular
	09:52	Fernandez Turnaround Jump Shot: Missed
Haywood Rebound (Off:1 Def:2)	09:51
Barea Foul : Offensive (2 PF)	09:46
Barea Turnover : Foul (2 TO)	09:46
	09:46	Fernandez Substitution replaced by Miller
	09:27	Wallace 3pt Shot: Missed
Marion Rebound (Off:0 Def:3)	09:25
Terry Jump Shot: Missed	09:01
	09:00	Roy Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	08:55	Wallace Foul : Offensive (1 PF)
	08:55	Wallace Turnover : Foul (3 TO)
Barea Layup Shot: Missed Block: Batum (1 BLK)	08:40
	08:38	Miller Rebound (Off:0 Def:3)
Terry Foul : Shooting (1 PF)	08:37
	08:37	Batum Substitution replaced by Matthews
	08:37 [POR 14-22]	Wallace Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
Marion Substitution replaced by Nowitzki	08:37
	08:37 [POR 15-22]	Wallace Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
Barea Driving Layup Shot: Missed Block: Aldridge (1 BLK)	08:22
	08:20	Wallace Rebound (Off:0 Def:3)
Stojakovic Foul : Personal (1 PF)	08:18
Barea Substitution replaced by Kidd	08:18
	08:18 [POR 16-22]	Roy Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
	08:18 [POR 17-22]	Roy Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
Nowitzki Fade Away Jumper Shot: Made (5 PTS)	07:56 [DAL 24-17]
Haywood Foul : Shooting (1 PF)	07:36
	07:36	Roy Substitution replaced by Camby
	07:36 [POR 18-24]	Aldridge Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
	07:36 [POR 19-24]	Aldridge Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
Terry Jump Shot: Missed	07:12
Haywood Rebound (Off:2 Def:2)	07:11
Haywood Tip Shot: Missed	07:11
Team Rebound	07:11
Haywood Substitution replaced by Chandler	07:11
Chandler Alley Oop Dunk Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Nowitzki (1 AST)	07:02 [DAL 26-19]
	06:44 [POR 21-26]	Wallace Driving Finger Roll Layup Shot: Made (4 PTS)
Nowitzki Jump Shot: Made (7 PTS) Assist: Kidd (1 AST)	06:31 [DAL 28-21]
	06:11 [POR 23-28]	Aldridge Fade Away Jumper Shot: Made (4 PTS)
Kidd 3pt Shot: Made (6 PTS) Assist: Terry (1 AST)	05:51 [DAL 31-23]
	05:30	Aldridge Jump Hook Shot: Missed
Kidd Rebound (Off:0 Def:3)	05:29
Chandler Layup Shot: Made (4 PTS) Assist: Kidd (2 AST)	05:17 [DAL 33-23]
	05:09	Team Timeout : Short
	05:09
	04:58	Miller Turnover : Bad Pass (3 TO) Steal:Kidd (2 ST)
Terry Jump Shot: Missed	04:52
	04:50	Aldridge Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)
Kidd Foul : Shooting (3 PF)	04:37
Kidd Substitution replaced by Barea	04:37
	04:37 [POR 24-33]	Miller Free Throw 1 of 2 (7 PTS)
	04:37 [POR 25-33]	Miller Free Throw 2 of 2 (8 PTS)
Nowitzki Fade Away Jumper Shot: Made (9 PTS)	04:15 [DAL 35-25]
	04:00 [POR 27-35]	Miller Turnaround Bank shot: Made (10 PTS)
Chandler Layup Shot: Missed Block: Aldridge (2 BLK)	03:39
	03:35	Wallace Rebound (Off:0 Def:4)
	03:22 [POR 29-35]	Miller Jump Shot: Made (12 PTS)
Team Timeout : Regular	03:21
	03:21	Double Technical - Aldridge, Chandler
Terry Running Jump Shot: Made (4 PTS)	03:03 [DAL 37-29]
	02:38	Miller Jump Shot: Missed
Stojakovic Substitution replaced by Marion	02:36
	02:36	Jump Ball Miller vs Nowitzki (Marion gains possession)
Team Rebound	02:36
Terry Turnover : Bad Pass (1 TO) Steal:Aldridge (1 ST)	02:13
	02:10 [POR 31-37]	Wallace Alley Oop Layup shot: Made (6 PTS) Assist: Matthews (1 AST)
Nowitzki Turnaround Fade Away shot: Missed	01:47
	01:46	Wallace Rebound (Off:0 Def:5)
	01:37 [POR 33-37]	Matthews Driving Layup Shot: Made (7 PTS) Assist: Miller (1 AST)
Team Timeout : Short	01:37
	01:37	Camby Substitution replaced by Batum
	01:24	Aldridge Foul : Personal (1 PF)
Barea 3pt Shot: Missed	01:14
	01:12	Wallace Rebound (Off:0 Def:6)
Chandler Foul : Shooting (1 PF)	01:02
	01:02 [POR 34-37]	Aldridge Free Throw 1 of 2 (5 PTS)
	01:02 [POR 35-37]	Aldridge Free Throw 2 of 2 (6 PTS)
Marion Hook Shot: Missed	00:44.9
	00:42.9	Wallace Rebound (Off:0 Def:7)
	00:30.9	Wallace 3pt Shot: Missed
Terry Rebound (Off:0 Def:3)	00:29.9
Terry 3pt Shot: Missed	00:07.9
Chandler Rebound (Off:3 Def:0)	00:06.6
Chandler Layup Shot: Missed Block: Aldridge (3 BLK)	00:03.9
	00:03.5	Aldridge Rebound (Off:0 Def:3)
	00:00.2	Miller 3pt Shot: Missed
	00:00.0	Team Rebound
End of 2nd Quarter
Dallas Mavericks (57-26)		Portland Trail Blazers (49-34)
Start of 3rd QuarterBack to Top
Chandler Foul : Personal (2 PF)	11:42
	11:35	Aldridge Turnaround Fade Away shot: Missed
Marion Rebound (Off:0 Def:4)	11:34
Nowitzki Jump Shot: Missed	11:11
	11:10	Camby Rebound (Off:0 Def:4)
	10:53	Matthews 3pt Shot: Missed
Marion Rebound (Off:0 Def:5)	10:51
Marion Turnover : Bad Pass (2 TO)	10:50
	10:39	Wallace Jump Shot: Missed
Nowitzki Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	10:38
Nowitzki 3pt Shot: Missed	10:29
Chandler Rebound (Off:4 Def:0)	10:27
	10:27	Camby Foul : Shooting (3 PF)
Chandler Free Throw 1 of 2 (5 PTS)	10:27 [DAL 38-35]
Chandler Free Throw 2 of 2 (6 PTS)	10:27 [DAL 39-35]
Kidd Foul : Shooting Block (4 PF)	10:08
	10:08 [POR 36-39]	Matthews Free Throw 1 of 2 (8 PTS)
	10:08 [POR 37-39]	Matthews Free Throw 2 of 2 (9 PTS)
Marion Turnaround Jump Shot: Made (4 PTS)	09:43 [DAL 41-37]
	09:20	Matthews Jump Shot: Missed
	09:18	Camby Rebound (Off:1 Def:4)
	09:16	Camby Turnaround Jump Shot: Missed
Marion Rebound (Off:0 Def:6)	09:14
	09:03	Camby Foul : Shooting (4 PF)
Stevenson Free Throw 1 of 2 (7 PTS)	09:03 [DAL 42-37]
	09:03	Camby Substitution replaced by Batum
Stevenson Free Throw 2 of 2 (8 PTS)	09:03 [DAL 43-37]
	08:45	Miller Layup Shot: Missed
Chandler Rebound (Off:4 Def:1)	08:43
Marion Turnaround Jump Shot: Made (6 PTS)	08:30 [DAL 45-37]
	08:29	Team Timeout : Regular
	08:13	Miller Layup Shot: Missed
Chandler Rebound (Off:4 Def:2)	08:12
Kidd 3pt Shot: Made (9 PTS) Assist: Stevenson (2 AST)	07:56 [DAL 48-37]
Chandler Foul : Personal (3 PF)	07:36
Chandler Foul : Shooting Block (4 PF)	07:25
	07:25 [POR 38-48]	Wallace Free Throw 1 of 2 (7 PTS)
Chandler Substitution replaced by Haywood	07:25
	07:25 [POR 39-48]	Wallace Free Throw 2 of 2 (8 PTS)
Nowitzki Jump Shot: Made (11 PTS) Assist: Stevenson (3 AST)	07:07 [DAL 50-39]
	06:55	Miller Jump Shot: Missed
Nowitzki Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)	06:54
	06:42	Matthews Foul : Personal (1 PF)
	06:40	Aldridge Foul : Personal (2 PF)
	06:34	Matthews Foul : Personal (2 PF)
Nowitzki Free Throw 1 of 2 (12 PTS)	06:34 [DAL 51-39]
Nowitzki Free Throw 2 of 2 (13 PTS)	06:34 [DAL 52-39]
	06:16	Batum 3pt Shot: Missed
Marion Rebound (Off:0 Def:7)	06:15
Marion Fade Away Jumper Shot: Made (8 PTS) Assist: Nowitzki (2 AST)	05:59 [DAL 54-39]
Haywood Foul : Personal (2 PF)	05:43
	05:43 [POR 40-54]	Aldridge Free Throw 1 of 2 (7 PTS)
Stevenson Substitution replaced by Terry	05:43
	05:43 [POR 41-54]	Aldridge Free Throw 2 of 2 (8 PTS)
Nowitzki Fade Away Jumper Shot: Missed	05:25
Marion Rebound (Off:1 Def:7)	05:24
Nowitzki 3pt Shot: Made (16 PTS) Assist: Kidd (3 AST)	05:20 [DAL 57-41]
	05:19	Team Timeout : Short
	04:57	Batum 3pt Shot: Missed
	04:54	Aldridge Rebound (Off:1 Def:3)
	04:54	Aldridge Tip Shot: Missed
Kidd Rebound (Off:0 Def:4)	04:52
Nowitzki Turnover : Backcourt Turnover (2 TO)	04:46
	04:46	Miller Substitution replaced by Roy
Nowitzki Substitution replaced by Stojakovic	04:46
	04:24	Wallace Finger Roll Layup Shot: Missed Block: Haywood (2 BLK)
	04:24	Wallace Rebound (Off:1 Def:7)
	04:24	Matthews 3pt Shot: Missed
Marion Rebound (Off:1 Def:8)	04:23
Marion Jump Shot: Made (10 PTS) Assist: Terry (2 AST)	03:58 [DAL 59-41]
	03:50	Roy Turnover : Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (1 TO)
Kidd Substitution replaced by Barea	03:50
	03:50	Wallace Substitution replaced by Fernandez
Terry Driving Layup Shot: Made (6 PTS)	03:27 [DAL 61-41]
	03:09	Aldridge Jump Shot: Missed
	03:07	Roy Rebound (Off:1 Def:1)
	03:04	Fernandez 3pt Shot: Missed
Marion Rebound (Off:1 Def:9)	03:02
Team Timeout : Regular	02:57
Stojakovic 3pt Shot: Made (3 PTS) Assist: Barea (1 AST)	02:47 [DAL 64-41]
Marion Foul : Personal (1 PF)	02:29
	02:29	Roy Free Throw 1 of 2 Missed
	02:29	Team Rebound
	02:29 [POR 42-64]	Roy Free Throw 2 of 2 (3 PTS)
Terry 3pt Shot: Missed	02:05
Haywood Rebound (Off:3 Def:2)	02:02
Marion Jump Shot: Missed	01:40
	01:39	Batum Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	01:31 [POR 44-64]	Aldridge Hook Shot: Made (10 PTS) Assist: Matthews (2 AST)
Stojakovic 3pt Shot: Made (6 PTS) Assist: Terry (3 AST)	01:16 [DAL 67-44]
	00:59.9	Roy Turnover : Bad Pass (2 TO) Steal:Stojakovic (2 ST)
Barea Turnover : Bad Pass (3 TO) Steal:Aldridge (2 ST)	00:38.9
	00:34.0 [POR 46-67]	Aldridge Alley Oop Layup shot: Made (12 PTS) Assist: Roy (1 AST)
Stojakovic 3pt Shot: Missed	00:10.9
	00:08.9	Aldridge Rebound (Off:1 Def:4)
	00:01.9 [POR 49-67]	Roy 3pt Shot: Made (6 PTS)
Marion 3pt Shot: Missed	00:00.2
Team Rebound	00:00.0
End of 3rd Quarter
Dallas Mavericks (57-26)		Portland Trail Blazers (49-34)
Start of 4th QuarterBack to Top
Terry Turnover : Bad Pass (2 TO) Steal:Aldridge (3 ST)	11:43
	11:38 [POR 51-67]	Wallace Driving Layup Shot: Made (10 PTS) Assist: Aldridge (1 AST)
Barea 3pt Shot: Missed	11:11
Team Rebound	11:10
Stojakovic Jump Shot: Made (8 PTS) Assist: Barea (2 AST)	10:59 [DAL 69-51]
	10:39 [POR 54-69]	Batum 3pt Shot: Made (5 PTS) Assist: Roy (2 AST)
Terry Jump Shot: Made (8 PTS) Assist: Barea (3 AST)	10:19 [DAL 71-54]
	10:09 [POR 56-71]	Roy Driving Layup Shot: Made (8 PTS)
	09:49	Aldridge Foul : Shooting (3 PF)
Barea Substitution replaced by Kidd	09:49
Terry Free Throw 1 of 2 (9 PTS)	09:49 [DAL 72-56]
Terry Free Throw 2 of 2 (10 PTS)	09:49 [DAL 73-56]
	09:33 [POR 58-73]	Aldridge Dunk Shot: Made (14 PTS) Assist: Wallace (2 AST)
Nowitzki Turnover : Bad Pass (3 TO) Steal:Aldridge (4 ST)	09:11
Terry Foul : Shooting (2 PF)	09:09
	09:09 [POR 59-73]	Fernandez Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
	09:09 [POR 60-73]	Fernandez Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
Kidd 3pt Shot: Missed	08:45
	08:44	Batum Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)
	08:27 [POR 62-73]	Roy Jump Shot: Made (10 PTS)
Team Timeout : Regular	08:27
Haywood Substitution replaced by Chandler	08:27
	08:05	Batum Foul : Personal Block (3 PF)
Terry Substitution replaced by Stevenson	08:05
Nowitzki Fade Away Jumper Shot: Missed	07:51
	07:49	Wallace Rebound (Off:1 Def:8)
	07:37	Roy 3pt Shot: Missed
Chandler Rebound (Off:4 Def:3)	07:36
Nowitzki Fade Away Jumper Shot: Made (18 PTS)	07:24 [DAL 75-62]
	07:06 [POR 64-75]	Aldridge Jump Shot: Made (16 PTS) Assist: Roy (3 AST)
Nowitzki Driving Jump shot: Missed Block: Batum (2 BLK)	06:45
Team Rebound	06:45
Stevenson 3pt Shot: Missed	06:42
	06:41	Batum Rebound (Off:0 Def:3)
Chandler Foul : Personal (5 PF)	06:40
	06:24	Wallace 3pt Shot: Missed
Team Rebound	06:23
Stojakovic 3pt Shot: Missed	06:03
	06:02	Aldridge Rebound (Off:1 Def:5)
	05:47	Fernandez 3pt Shot: Missed
	05:46	Roy Rebound (Off:2 Def:1)
	05:40 [POR 66-75]	Roy Fade Away Jumper Shot: Made (12 PTS)
	05:21	Batum Foul : Shooting (4 PF)
	05:21
	05:21	Batum Substitution replaced by Matthews
	05:21	Fernandez Substitution replaced by Miller
Stojakovic Substitution replaced by Marion	05:21
Stevenson Substitution replaced by Terry	05:21
Nowitzki Free Throw 1 of 2 (19 PTS)	05:21 [DAL 76-66]
Nowitzki Free Throw 2 of 2 (20 PTS)	05:21 [DAL 77-66]
	05:08	Aldridge Jump Shot: Missed
Marion Rebound (Off:1 Def:10)	05:07
Chandler Jump Shot: Missed	04:46
	04:45	Roy Rebound (Off:2 Def:2)
	04:36 [POR 68-77]	Miller Jump Shot: Made (14 PTS)
Terry Jump Shot: Missed	04:15
	04:14	Team Rebound
	04:01 [POR 70-77]	Roy Step Back Jump shot: Made (14 PTS)
Terry 3pt Shot: Made (13 PTS) Assist: Nowitzki (3 AST)	03:33 [DAL 80-70]
	03:11 [POR 72-80]	Matthews Driving Layup Shot: Made (11 PTS) Assist: Roy (4 AST)
Terry Jump Shot: Missed	02:47
	02:46	Wallace Rebound (Off:1 Def:9)
	02:32 [POR 74-80]	Roy Driving Layup Shot: Made (16 PTS)
Team Timeout : Regular	02:32
	02:32	Miller Substitution replaced by Batum
Nowitzki Foul : Offensive (1 PF)	02:16
Nowitzki Turnover : Foul (4 TO)	02:16
	02:16	Team Timeout : Regular
	02:04 [POR 76-80]	Aldridge Turnaround Jump Shot: Made (18 PTS) Assist: Roy (5 AST)
Kidd Turnover : Lost Ball (1 TO) Steal:Matthews (1 ST)	01:52
Marion Foul : Personal (2 PF)	01:48
	01:36 [POR 78-80]	Roy Jump Shot: Made (18 PTS) Assist: Wallace (3 AST)
Marion Jump Shot: Made (12 PTS) Assist: Kidd (4 AST)	01:19 [DAL 82-78]
	01:06 [POR 81-82]	Roy 3pt Shot: Made (21 PTS)
Marion Foul : Shooting (3 PF)	01:06
	01:06 [POR 82-82]	Roy Free Throw 1 of 1 (22 PTS)
Team Timeout : Short	01:06
	01:00	Matthews Foul : Personal (3 PF)
Terry 3pt Shot: Missed	00:50.9
	00:49.4	Team Rebound
	00:39.2 [POR 84-82]	Roy Pullup Bank shot: Made (24 PTS)
Team Timeout : Regular	00:39.2
Marion Substitution replaced by Stojakovic	00:39.2
	00:39.2	Roy Substitution replaced by Camby
Kidd 3pt Shot: Missed	00:29.9
	00:28.9	Wallace Rebound (Off:1 Def:10)
	00:27.9	Team Timeout : Regular
	00:27.9	Camby Substitution replaced by Roy
	00:27.9	Batum Substitution replaced by Miller
	00:03.9	Roy 3pt Shot: Missed
Kidd Rebound (Off:0 Def:5)	00:02.9
Terry 3pt Shot: Missed	00:00.3
Team Rebound	00:00.0
End of 4th Quarter

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