Portland Trail Blazers vs Dallas Mavericks - NBA Prediction

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The Portland Trail Blazers are struggling this season both when it comes to the record or injuries.

Currently, Chauncey’s Billups team is 11th in the Western Conference with a 13-19 record. The Blazers started the month of December with 7 consecutive losses. After that, the Blazers won two straight games against the Hornets and Grizzlies before losing the last one, 111-97 to the New Orleans Pelicans.

Damian Lillard scored 39 for Portland, which won its previous two games. Jusuf Nurkic added 17 points and Norman Powell had 16 for the Blazers. Lillard hit 6-of-11 from deep and the rest of the team went 7-of- 23.

The Trail Blazers are 7-15 against Western Conference opponents. Portland has a 9-14 record against opponents over .500.

Damian Lillard is averaging 23.8 points and 7.5 assists for the Trail Blazers. Norman Powell is averaging 2.5 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for Portland.

The Dallas Mavericks have lost 4 of their last 5 games but are still in the playoff picture standing eighth in the Western Conference with a 15-17 record.

Most recently, the Mavs lost 120-116 to the Utah Jazz. It wasn't the Christmas night matchup the NBA hoped for with Luka Doncic among the Mavs stuck in the league's health and safety protocols.

Tim Hardaway Jr., Maxi Kleber, Reggie Bullock, Trey Burke, JaQuori McLaughlin and Josh Green were also sidelined in the health and safety protocols for the Mavericks. In addition, Willie Cauley-Stein was out for personal reasons and Dorian Finney-Smith missed the game with a non-Covid illness.

All of them will be out for the game against the Blazers.

The Mavericks are 12-9 against Western Conference opponents. Dallas is sixth in the league allowing only 105.1 points while holding opponents to 46.1% shooting.

Key Facts

• The Blazers are 2-8 in the last ten while the Mavs are 4-6
• The Blazers will be without CJ McCollum, Ben McLemore, Cody Zeller, Trendon Watford, Robert Covington, Keljin Blevins, Nassir Little and Dennis Smith Jr.
• The Mavs will be without Luka Doncic, Willie Cauley-Stein, Eugene Omoruyi, Tim Hardaway Jr., Maxi Kleber, Trey Burke, JaQuori McLaughlin and Reggie Bullock.
• The Balzers has won 3 of the last 4 against Dallas

Both teams will miss a lot of players on Monday night but Damien Lillard's presence will make all the difference. Portland has a long way to go to reach the playoffs spots and Lillard will go over 30 tonight to get his team closer to the goal. Without Luka Doncic, the Mavs are a completely different team and will stand no chances when they visit Portland.

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