The Blazers blew an 11-point lead in the fourth quarter to lose at the Mavericks, who were without Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving.

Jaden Hardy scored a season-high 25 points off the bench, P.J. Washington had 23 points and 14 rebounds and the Dallas Mavericks used a late 16-0 run to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 117-111.

The Blazers have won two of their last three including a 119-100 win last night in New Orleans against the Pelicans. Deni Avdija led Portland with 26 points. The Mavericks smacked the Lakers 118-97 in Dallas Tuesday night. No Luka. No Kyrie. No Problem. Quentin Grimes has 23 off the bench for the Mavs.

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Mavericks go on a 16-0 blitz late and run down the Blazers 117-111 to go to 2-0 on the home stand. They got a big first half from Jaden Hardy and massive double-doubles from Dereck Lively II (21 points,

The Dallas Mavericks completed a stirring comeback against the Portland Trail Blazers, winning 117-111 Thursday night in Dallas. Jaden Hardy came off the bench to lead all scorers with 25 points. Dereck Livley had a monster double-double,