The base
Damian Lillard
got a double-double of
34 points and 11 assists
and the
Portland Trail Blazers
surpassed the
44 goals
of the Slovenian
Luka Doncic
and beat the Dallas Mavericks 118-121 on Sunday at home.
The Trail Blazers won their
fourth straight game
with the help of a 45-point third quarter, equaling the franchise record for that span.
The guard
Gary Trent Jr.
, Who every day consolidates his game as a starter in the absence of
CJ McCollum
, injured, contributed another 17 points and
Robert Covingnton
reached 15 points and captured five rebounds.
Another decisive player in the triumph of the Trail Blazers (16-10), who consolidate a playoff spot, was veteran
Carmelo Anthony
, who played as a reserve and finished with 15 points under his belt.
Once again, Doncic was the great individual figure for the Mavericks, coming close to another
triple-double
after contributing
44 points, nine assists and seven rebounds.
The former Real Madrid player again surpassed the 40-point barrier, scoring 44, two nights after having achieved his best individual record in the NBA with
46 goals
in the victory over the
New Orleans Pelicans
.
But his contribution was not enough to avoid the defeat of his team after
failing two attempts on triples in the last seconds of the game
that could have forced at least extra time, and the Mavericks (13-15) broke a winning streak of four consecutive wins.
The Mavericks were trailing again by three points when Doncic missed a possible tying shot from outside the perimeter with less than five seconds left.
Doncic made
14 of 20 shots from the field
, including 5 of 8 from deep and 11 of 12 from free throws.
"It didn't matter if I felt confident or not," Doncic declared of his final shot.
"
I thought he was in
. He went in and out, so he disappointed me and that's my fault. He
should have thrown better
."
However, Doncic set a pair of franchise records with his
fourteenth straight game with at least 25 points
and the highest total of two games with 90 points.
Latvian center
Kristaps Porzingis
also contributed 18 points and eight rebounds, but could not win the individual match against Turkish inside
Enes Kanter
, who scored 14 points and captured eight balls under the hoops that helped the Trail Blazers win.
Dorian Finney-Smith
had 14 points, while reserve
Tim Hardaway Jr
.
He reached 12 points as the sixth player for the Mavericks, who have a losing record of 6-8 in their field at the
American Airlines Center
, where the national anthem continued before the start of the game.
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