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The Portland Trail Blazers (9-23, 14th West) pay a visit to Dallas and the American Airlines Center on Wednesday to play Western Conference rival the Dallas Mavericks (19-15, 7th West). Portland was defeated by the Phoenix Suns 109-88 on Monday night and the Trail Blazers have lost four of the last six. Dallas was defeated by the Utah Jazz 127-90 on Monday night and the Mavericks have dropped three of the last four. Portland will play without C Robert Williams III, while four others are questionable including Deandre Ayton and Anfernee Simons. Dallas will be without C Maxi Kleber.
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The Portland Trail Blazers are scoring an average of 108.8 (29th) points per game while shooting 43.8% (29th) overall and 35.6% (22nd) from 3-point land. Portland has the ninth best free throw shooting percentage at 79.5. Anfernee Simons is the leading scorer for Portland with an average of 27.1 points per game, but has missed each of the last two games with an illness and is questionable. Jerami Grant is the second leading scorer with an average of 22.1 points per game. Malcolm Brogdon averages a team best 5.7 assists per game. Portland commits far too many turnovers at 14.3 per game.
Portland's defense is allowing an average of 150.0 (17th) points per game while holding opponents to 49.0% (24th) shooting overall and 32.9% (2nd) shooting from 3-point land. Portland averages 12.6 offensive and 29.0 defensive re bounds for a total 41.6 boards per contest. Deandre Ayton (questionable) is the leading rebounder for Portland with an average of 10.8 per game. Matisse Thybulle averages a team best 1.7 steals per game and a team high 0.9 blocked shots per game.