DALLAS — The game’s outcome wasn’t in question, not after the opening minutes and certainly not after Dallas sprinted to a 36-13 lead through one quarter over downtrodden Portland.
No way the Mavericks could lose on this stress- and resistant-free Friday night in American Airlines Center, right?
Wrong. Dallas handily won the game, 128-78, and earned homecourt advantage in the first round of the playoffs, but a technical foul called against Luka Doncic at the end of the first quarter could prove costly for Doncic and the Mavericks.
