Dallas Mavericks vs Portland Trail Blazers Box Score on Jan 20, 2018

Lillard scored 31 points and doled out nine assists and McCollum added 26 points as the Trail Blazers (25-21) won their third straight game and sixth in a row at home.

Wesley Matthews led Dallas (15-31) with 23 points while Dirk Nowitzki and Dennis Smith Jr. each chipped in 21.

Lillard made his first nine shots from the field - seven of them 3-pointers. He finished 10-for-15 from the field and 7-for-9 from 3-point range.

Portland shot .523 from the field, sinking 18 of 36 3-point tries.

Lillard had 18 points at halftime on 6-for-6 shooting, including 4-of-4 on 3-pointers, as Portland mounted a 62-45 halftime lead. McCollum had 13 points and Evan Turner 12 for the Blazers, who shot .571 in the half.

Dallas opened the second half with an 11-2 spurt that closed the gap to 64-56. Matthews buried back-to-back 3s to close the gap to 74-69. Portland responded with a 14-2 run to go ahead 88-71. The Blazers carried a 91-79 lead into the final period.

Smith's 3 cut Portland's advantage to 95-87 with 9:29 remaining. Nowitzki's layup cut it to 100-93, but Shabazz Napier knocked down a trey to make it 103-93 with 6:10 left.

Dallas got to within 107-100 on a pair of J.J. Barea baskets. Turner's jumper made it 109-100 with 3:01 to play.

Matthews scored on a banker to trim the difference to 113-106 with 1:03 to go. Smith scored on a driving layup to close the gap to 113-108 with 47.5 seconds left. Ed Davis' dunk sealed the verdict for Portland with 17.1 ticks on the clock.

Portland sank 4 of 6 attempts from 3-point range in the first four minutes to spring ahead 16-9. The Blazers, with Lillard providing 13 points, extended the difference to 33-20 after one quarter.

The Blazers stoked their edge to 57-39 advantage late in the second quarter. The margin was 17 points at intermission.

--Field Level Media