Mavericks 117-111 Trail Blazers (January 9, 2025) Game Summary

DALLAS — – Jaden Hardy scored a season-high 25 points off the bench, PJ 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 on Thursday night.

Dereck Lively II added season highs with 21 points and 16 rebounds for the Mavericks, who are still without All-Star guards Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving. Dallas has won two in a row after a season-long five-game losing streak.

Anfernee Simons and Shaedon Sharpe each scored 22 points to lead the Blazers, who split a road back-to-back and are 2/3 on the road.

Scoot Henderson scored 20 off the bench and hit all 12 of his free throws.

Portland led 109-99 with 4:33 left, but then missed its next six field-goal attempts and committed two turnovers. Washington hit two free throws to tie the score at 109-109 with 2:26 left and followed with a 3-pointer in the right corner for a 112-109 lead with 1:58 left.

Takeaways

Blazers: They entered averaging 12.1 3-pointers and surpassed that late in the third period, but were just 3 of 9 from behind the arc in the fourth quarter.

Mavericks: Hardy, averaging 7.6 points per game. game this season, has averaged 18.0 over the past four games. It was a quiet night for Klay Thompson, who went 1 of 6 from the floor and 0 for 4 from 3-point range for three points.

Key moment

With the score 112-109, Dallas’ Quentin Grimes tipped Spencer Dinwiddie’s miss with 40 seconds left, then turned a one-handed heave into a three-point play to complete the 16-point run at 115-109 with 31.8 seconds left .

Key state

Dallas, playing without its best outside shooters, outrebounded Portland 58-38.

Next

The Blazers host Miami on Saturday night. The Mavericks play the first of back-to-back home games against Denver on Sunday.

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This story has been amended to correct that Lively had 16 rebounds, not 15.

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