Portland Trail Blazers (9-3, second in the Western Conference) vs. Dallas Mavericks (6-5, seventh in the Western Conference)
Dallas; Saturday, 8:30 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Dallas hosts Portland looking to extend its four-game home winning streak.
Dallas went 36-16 in Western Conference action and 29-12 at home during the 2021-22 season. The Mavericks averaged 108.0 points per game while allowing opponents to score 104.7 last season.
Portland went 27-55 overall and 11-41 in Western Conference games during the 2021-22 season. The Trail Blazers gave up 115.1 points per game while committing 21.1 fouls last season.
INJURIES: Mavericks: Christian Wood: out (knee), Davis Bertans: out (knee).
Trail Blazers: Shaedon Sharpe: out (finger), Damian Lillard: out (rest), Gary Payton II: out (core), Olivier Sarr: out (wrist).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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