Trail Blazers
Portland
Western Conference
Northwest
41
19
60
237
1099
22
7
32
82
34
41
21
19
90
48
8
56
5
20
7
16
15
94
4
84
11
13
2218
88
4
06
06
100
1113
11
1124
20
75
30
55
1723
6060
73
32
44
2121
117
6
78
67
86
915
33
948
12
53
31
33
3123
6060
8
1
12
22
8
36
0
0
0
11
1
12
2
7
3
5
17
60
4
1
25
18
8
44
6
6
100
13
1
14
0
5
0
5
23
60
7
3
43
21
11
52
7
6
86
9
3
12
1
5
3
3
31
60
3
2
67
21
7
33
8
7
88
15
3
18
2
3
1
3
23
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Nicolas
Batum
Nicolas Batum
True
36
6
12
50
2
5
40
1
1
100
0
12
12
6
0
1
3
1
15
7
double
LaMarcus
Aldridge
LaMarcus Aldridge
True
34
7
16
44
1
2
50
2
2
100
2
10
12
0
0
0
0
2
17
14
double
Damian
Lillard
Damian Lillard
True
31
4
10
40
2
5
40
4
4
100
0
6
6
5
2
0
5
3
14
16
none
Robin
Lopez
Robin Lopez
True
26
5
10
50
0
0
0
3
4
75
4
3
7
1
1
3
1
3
13
11
none
Wesley
Matthews
Wesley Matthews
True
17
1
5
20
0
3
0
2
2
100
0
1
1
3
2
0
2
0
4
11
none
Arron
Afflalo
Arron Afflalo
False
28
2
9
22
0
3
0
2
2
100
0
3
3
2
0
0
0
1
6
11
none
Chris
Kaman
Chris Kaman
False
16
2
7
29
0
0
0
2
2
100
1
6
7
1
1
0
3
1
6
4
none
Steve
Blake
Steve Blake
False
15
1
3
33
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
none
Dorell
Wright
Dorell Wright
False
13
3
4
75
2
2
100
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
3
8
12
none
Alonzo
Gee
Alonzo Gee
False
9
3
3
100
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
6
4
none
CJ
McCollum
CJ McCollum
False
8
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
2
50
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
none
Meyers
Leonard
Meyers Leonard
False
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
100
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
none
Joel
Freeland
Joel Freeland
False
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
none
7
March
2015
Saturday
Target Center
Minneapolis
Timberwolves
Minnesota
False
Mavericks
Dallas
Western Conference
Southwest
40
23
63
646
1176
16
2
12
88
33
38
8
7
88
35
6
41
3
17
10
13
16
75
4
35
10
29
2122
106
5
22
21
95
117
03
120
01
60
42
44
2313
6060
26
10
38
1827
89
5
40
40
100
611
12
623
11
47
22
41
2118
6060
3
1
33
21
10
48
2
2
100
11
0
11
0
6
4
4
23
60
5
0
0
22
6
27
2
1
50
7
3
10
1
0
2
4
13
60
2
1
50
18
8
44
4
4
100
6
1
7
1
4
2
4
21
60
6
0
0
27
9
33
0
0
0
11
2
13
1
7
2
1
18
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Richard
Jefferson
Richard Jefferson
True
32
4
6
67
1
2
50
0
0
0
0
6
6
0
1
1
1
0
9
-2
none
Monta
Ellis
Monta Ellis
True
32
5
20
25
0
1
0
2
2
100
1
0
1
5
3
1
2
1
12
-7
none
Tyson
Chandler
Tyson Chandler
True
32
1
4
25
0
0
0
2
2
100
4
10
14
1
1
1
0
3
4
-7
none
Rajon
Rondo
Rajon Rondo
True
29
5
13
38
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
7
7
9
1
0
4
2
10
-6
none
Dirk
Nowitzki
Dirk Nowitzki
True
27
5
13
38
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
4
4
0
1
0
1
3
10
-24
none
Devin
Harris
Devin Harris
False
27
3
8
38
0
3
0
1
2
50
0
3
3
0
2
0
2
1
7
-14
none
Al-Farouq
Aminu
Al-Farouq Aminu
False
18
2
5
40
1
2
50
0
0
0
0
3
3
0
0
0
1
2
5
-7
none
J.J.
Barea
J.J. Barea
False
15
2
8
25
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
4
-12
none
Amar'e
Stoudemire
Amar'e Stoudemire
False
13
5
7
71
0
0
0
2
2
100
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
2
12
-8
none
Charlie
Villanueva
Charlie Villanueva
False
4
1
2
50
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
none
Bernard
James
Bernard James
False
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
-4
none
Raymond
Felton
Raymond Felton
False
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-4
none
Greg
Smith
Greg Smith
False
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
-2
none
6
March
2015
Friday
Oracle Arena
Oakland
Warriors
Golden State
False
The Portland Trail Blazers ( 41 - 19 ) won their fifth straight game Thursday , defeating the Dallas Mavericks ( 40 - 23 ) 94 - 75 at the Moda Center . Dallas cut Portland 's lead to 10 with just over four minutes to go in the fourth but did not register another point as the Trail Blazers pulled away en route to an easy victory . However , the bigger story for Portland on Thursday night was Wesley Matthews , who went down with a left foot injury . Matthews reportedly went in for an MRI shortly after exiting the game in the third . If Matthews ' injury turns out to be serious , Portland will be missing its best three point shooter . Dallas came into the game on two days rest , but had a rough night from the floor . The Mavericks were held to 37 percent from the field and went just 2 - for - 16 from beyond the arc . Tyson Chandler returned from a three - game absence and finished with four points and 14 rebounds over 28 minutes . The Mavericks have another tough game on the docket as they will travel to the Oracle Arena to take on the Warriors on Friday . Portland was playing its second game in as many nights after grinding out an overtime victory in Los Angeles against the Clippers on Wednesday . Nicolas Batum turned in another big performance with 15 points and 12 rebounds in 36 minutes on the floor . The Trail Blazers will await the results of Matthews MRI , but if he is forced to miss time , Arron Afflalo will likely step into the shooting guard role . Portland will return to action Saturday in Minnesota .
The Portland Trail Blazers (41 - 19) won their fifth straight game Thursday, defeating the Dallas Mavericks (40 - 23) 94 - 75 at the Moda Center. Dallas cut Portland's lead to 10 with just over four minutes to go in the fourth but did not register another point as the Trail Blazers pulled away en route to an easy victory. However, the bigger story for Portland on Thursday night was Wesley Matthews, who went down with a left foot injury. Matthews reportedly went in for an MRI shortly after exiting the game in the third. If Matthews' injury turns out to be serious, Portland will be missing its best three point shooter. Dallas came into the game on two days rest, but had a rough night from the floor. The Mavericks were held to 37 percent from the field and went just 2 - for - 16 from beyond the arc. Tyson Chandler returned from a three - game absence and finished with four points and 14 rebounds over 28 minutes. The Mavericks have another tough game on the docket as they will travel to the Oracle Arena to take on the Warriors on Friday. Portland was playing its second game in as many nights after grinding out an overtime victory in Los Angeles against the Clippers on Wednesday. Nicolas Batum turned in another big performance with 15 points and 12 rebounds in 36 minutes on the floor. The Trail Blazers will await the results of Matthews MRI, but if he is forced to miss time, Arron Afflalo will likely step into the shooting guard role. Portland will return to action Saturday in Minnesota.
The Portland Trail Blazers (41 - 19) won their fifth straight game Thursday, defeating the Dallas Mavericks (40 - 23) 94 - 75 at the Moda Center. Dallas cut Portland's lead to 10 with just over four minutes to go in the fourth but did not register another point as the Trail Blazers pulled away en route to an easy victory. However, the bigger story for Portland on Thursday night was Wesley Matthews, who went down with a left foot injury. Matthews reportedly went in for an MRI shortly after exiting the game in the third. If Matthews' injury turns out to be serious, Portland will be missing its best three point shooter. Dallas came into the game on two days rest, but had a rough night from the floor. The Mavericks were held to 37 percent from the field and went just 2 - for - 16 from beyond the arc. Tyson Chandler returned from a three - game absence and finished with four points and 14 rebounds over 28 minutes. The Mavericks have another tough game on the docket as they will travel to the Oracle Arena to take on the Warriors on Friday. Portland was playing its second game in as many nights after grinding out an overtime victory in Los Angeles against the Clippers on Wednesday. Nicolas Batum turned in another big performance with 15 points and 12 rebounds in 36 minutes on the floor. The Trail Blazers will await the results of Matthews MRI, but if he is forced to miss time, Arron Afflalo will likely step into the shooting guard role. Portland will return to action Saturday in Minnesota.
<GAME> <DATE> 5 March 2015 <DAY> Thursday <STADIUM> Moda Center <CITY> Portland <HOME> <TEAM> Trail Blazers <CITY> Portland <TEAM-RESULT> lost <TEAM-PTS> 94 <WINS-LOSSES> 41 19 <QTRS> 17 23 31 23 <TEAM-AST> 20 <3PT> 7 <TEAM-FG> 34 <TEAM-FT> 19 <TEAM-REB> 56 <TEAM-TO> 16 <NEXT-HOME> <NEXT-DATE> 7 March 2015 <NEXT-DAY> Saturday <NEXT-STADIUM> Target Center <NEXT-CITY> Minneapolis <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Minnesota <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Timberwolves <NEXT-IS-HOME> no <VIS> <TEAM> Mavericks <CITY> Dallas <TEAM-RESULT> won <TEAM-PTS> 75 <WINS-LOSSES> 40 23 <QTRS> 23 13 21 18 <TEAM-AST> 17 <3PT> 2 <TEAM-FG> 33 <TEAM-FT> 7 <TEAM-REB> 41 <TEAM-TO> 13 <VIS-NEXT> <NEXT-DATE> 6 March 2015 <NEXT-DAY> Friday <NEXT-STADIUM> Oracle Arena <NEXT-CITY> Oakland <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Golden State <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Warriors <NEXT-IS-HOME> no <PLAYER> LaMarcus Aldridge <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-0 <MIN> 34 <PTS> 17 <FG> 7 16 44 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 12 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 10 <OREB> 2 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> Nicolas Batum <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-1 <MIN> 36 <PTS> 15 <FG> 6 12 50 <FG3> 2 5 40 <FT> 1 1 100 <REB> 12 <AST> 6 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 12 <OREB> 0 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> Damian Lillard <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-2 <MIN> 31 <PTS> 14 <FG> 4 10 40 <FG3> 2 5 40 <FT> 4 4 100 <REB> 6 <AST> 5 <STL> 2 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 6 <OREB> 0 <TO> 5 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Robin Lopez <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-3 <MIN> 26 <PTS> 13 <FG> 5 10 50 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 3 4 75 <REB> 7 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 3 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 4 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Dorell Wright <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-4 <MIN> 13 <PTS> 8 <FG> 3 4 75 <FG3> 2 2 100 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Alonzo Gee <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-5 <MIN> 9 <PTS> 6 <FG> 3 3 100 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Chris Kaman <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-6 <MIN> 16 <PTS> 6 <FG> 2 7 29 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 7 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 6 <OREB> 1 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Arron Afflalo <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-7 <MIN> 28 <PTS> 6 <FG> 2 9 22 <FG3> 0 3 0 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 3 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Wesley Matthews <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-8 <MIN> 17 <PTS> 4 <FG> 1 5 20 <FG3> 0 3 0 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 1 <AST> 3 <STL> 2 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Meyers Leonard <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-9 <MIN> 1 <PTS> 2 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Steve Blake <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-10 <MIN> 15 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 3 33 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> CJ McCollum <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-11 <MIN> 8 <PTS> 1 <FG> 0 2 0 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 2 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Joel Freeland <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-12 <MIN> 1 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 1 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Amar'e Stoudemire <TEAM> Dallas Mavericks <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-0 <MIN> 13 <PTS> 12 <FG> 5 7 71 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 1 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Monta Ellis <TEAM> Dallas Mavericks <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-1 <MIN> 32 <PTS> 12 <FG> 5 20 25 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 1 <AST> 5 <STL> 3 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 1 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Dirk Nowitzki <TEAM> Dallas Mavericks <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-2 <MIN> 27 <PTS> 10 <FG> 5 13 38 <FG3> 0 4 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 4 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Rajon Rondo <TEAM> Dallas Mavericks <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-3 <MIN> 29 <PTS> 10 <FG> 5 13 38 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 7 <AST> 9 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 7 <OREB> 0 <TO> 4 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Richard Jefferson <TEAM> Dallas Mavericks <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-4 <MIN> 32 <PTS> 9 <FG> 4 6 67 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 6 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 6 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Devin Harris <TEAM> Dallas Mavericks <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-5 <MIN> 27 <PTS> 7 <FG> 3 8 38 <FG3> 0 3 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 3 <AST> 0 <STL> 2 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Al-Farouq Aminu <TEAM> Dallas Mavericks <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-6 <MIN> 18 <PTS> 5 <FG> 2 5 40 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> J. J. Barea <TEAM> Dallas Mavericks <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-7 <MIN> 15 <PTS> 4 <FG> 2 8 25 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Tyson Chandler <TEAM> Dallas Mavericks <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-8 <MIN> 32 <PTS> 4 <FG> 1 4 25 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 14 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 10 <OREB> 4 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Charlie Villanueva <TEAM> Dallas Mavericks <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-9 <MIN> 4 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 2 50 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Greg Smith <TEAM> Dallas Mavericks <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-10 <MIN> 1 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Raymond Felton <TEAM> Dallas Mavericks <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-11 <MIN> 1 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 1 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Bernard James <TEAM> Dallas Mavericks <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-12 <MIN> 1 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 1 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none