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2013-14 Season Record
BLAZERS
42-19 (18-11 Road)
MAVERICKS
36-26 (19-10 Home)
WHEN: 5:30PM, FRIDAY, 3/7/2014
WHERE: American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX

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BENCH ROTATION
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
WILLIAMS , MCCOLLUM , BARTON , WRIGHT , CLAVER , LEONARD
DALLAS MAVERICKS
LARKIN , HARRIS , CARTER , CROWDER , WRIGHT , JAMES
INJURIES
TRAIL BLAZERS
Thomas Robinson (Left patella tendon strain) - OUT.
Joel Freeland (Right knee sprain) - OUT.
MAVERICKS
None
HEAD COACHES
- VS –
TERRY STOTTS----- RICK CARLISLE
BLAZERS' GAME NOTES
BENCH ROTATION
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS






WILLIAMS , MCCOLLUM , BARTON , WRIGHT , CLAVER , LEONARD
DALLAS MAVERICKS






LARKIN , HARRIS , CARTER , CROWDER , WRIGHT , JAMES
INJURIES
TRAIL BLAZERS
Thomas Robinson (Left patella tendon strain) - OUT.
Joel Freeland (Right knee sprain) - OUT.
MAVERICKS
None
HEAD COACHES


TERRY STOTTS----- RICK CARLISLE

• Friday will mark the third and final regular season meetings between Portland and Dallas.
• The Mavericks won the first matchup of the season with the Trail Blazers on Dec. 7, 108-106, in Portland, while the Trail Blazers defeated the Mavericks 127-111 on Jan. 18 in Dallas.
• Portland’s 16 point win on Jan. 18 marked its largest in Dallas since a 124-96 victory on March 10, 1993.
• The Trail Blazers scored 71 points in the first half of the Jan. 18 matchup in Dallas, the team’s third time scoring at least 70 points in the first half this season.
• LaMarcus Aldridge and Robin Lopez have both recorded double-doubles in each of the two matchups against the Mavericks this season. Damian Lillard recorded a double-double in the second matchup on Jan. 18.
• In the Dec. 7 contest, Damian Lillard scored a team-high 32 points and dished out five assists.
• Twelve of the past 14 meetings between the two teams have been decided by single digits.
• Portland lost consecutive season series (2011-12 and 2012-13) against the Mavericks for the first time since losing four straight season series from 2003-04 to 2006-07.
• Trail Blazers Head Coach Terry Stotts helped lead Dallas to the 2011 NBA Championship in one of his four years as a Mavericks assistant coach from 2008-12.
• Dallas assistant coach Kaleb Canales served as an assistant coach with the Trail Blazers from 2009 until the end of the 2012-13 season, including interim head coach for the final 23 games of the 2011-12 season.
• Mavericks Head Coach Rick Carlisle served as an assistant coach for the Trail Blazers from 1994-97.
• Wesley Matthews and Maverick’s forward Jae Crowder both played collegiately at Marquette University.
• HEAD-TO-HEAD HISTORY:
ALL TIME: Trail Blazers lead, 75-63
IN PORTLAND: Trail Blazers lead, 47-21
IN DALLAS: Mavericks lead, 42-28
GO BLAZERS!