ESPN GDT Mavs vs Blazers (Dame Dollar comes to town)

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Dallas Mavericks vs. Portland Trail Blazers: How to watch
Start time: 6:30 p.m. CT or 7:30 p.m. ET

How to watch: ESPN (National), Fox Sports Southwest (Dallas market), NBC Sports Northwest (Trail Blazers’ market)

Watch online: Watch ESPN (National), Fox Sports Go (Dallas market)Dallas Mavericks vs. Portland Trail Blazers: How to watch
Start time: 6:30 p.m. CT or 7:30 p.m. ET

We might be in for another shootout as the Mavericks (13-14) will host the Trail Blazers (15-10) on Sunday evening. Both teams won five out of their last six games and are feeling good about themselves going into this game.

Expect many points
Forget about defense, these two teams win with offense only. Per Cleaning the Glass data Dallas is currently ranked 26th on defense, one place in front of Portland at 27th place. On offense, Portland is ranked 5th, while Dallas moved up to 9th place after a stellar performance against the Pelicans. We’re waiting for Dallas to turn around things on defense, but don’t bet on it to happen against Portland.

Over the stretch of the last five games, the Mavericks are averaging 127.6 points per game, which would be great if they wouldn’t give up 129.6 points on defense. Both teams play a similar brand of basketball on offense, they take care of the ball and shoot a lot of threes.