巨大的集会，aldridge英雄推动燃烧器过去的小牛

This game was played in NBA uniforms. This game was played on an NBA court. This game had an NBA-worthy finish. But you don't have to understand any of that to get tonight's proceedings. Whatever the initials said, this was all about Big Brother vs. Little Brother going at it for bragging rights and backyard dominance.

除了深度差异之外，达拉斯小牛和波特兰赛道的开拓者比不同更相似。理论上都想要运行。两者都嘛。两者都具有多个攻击点，但依靠全明星舰队，范围为他们的面包和黄油。当他们不正常执行时，每支球队都会崩溃，难以单独赢得人才或一对一的戏剧。波特兰的主教练特里斯特·斯特罗茨作为达拉斯的助手度过了最后五个赛季。Mavericks在他们身边有退伍军人经验，加上几年的冠军。燃烧者有青少年和能量，加上他们只是愚蠢，以认为他们可以赢得任何给定的游戏，无论发生什么。两支球队都非常擅长他们所做的事情。

今晚的比赛的上半场看到大哥击败了小弟弟的焦油。你想说西装外套在玩邋lex：rone的rim射门，偏差差，允许达拉斯在玩游戏后进入油漆，没有旋转或尊重医教徒的五人攻击。然而，在现实中，燃烧者并没有像达拉斯的速度一样玩耍的邋..波特兰的防守有点慢，波特兰的进攻走得太快。到第一季度结束的时候，得分为32-28达拉斯，每支球队都在播放了涉及少数进攻反弹的100个现场目标尝试。显然，两支球队都在时钟早期拍摄。达拉斯通过设计来做。波特兰正在甩掉第一个可用的开放镜头，通常在1或0次通过后。波特兰没有有效的筛选讲话，少数连贯的戏剧。达拉斯很容易阅读他们的剧本，而不仅仅是因为它与自己相似但是因为燃烧者在任何给定的集合上都没有过去的步骤1。 A few of those shots fell but you knew this was not going to turn out well.

The second period bore out that impression as Portland's defense fell apart completely. The Mavericks weren't just scoring off the usual passes and mid-range Dirk Nowitzki shots. They were peppering threes, hitting the rim, getting offensive boards. It was a nightmare for the Blazers...more so because Portland's bench players didn't change the quick-draw offense, they just missed more shots while attempting to keep up the pace. A 27-14 quarter for Dallas put the Blazers down 15, 59-44, at the break. Big Brother walked off the court with his head held high, knowing Little Brother hadn't grown up enough yet and couldn't touch him. Little Brother stared straight ahead as he walked off, fists hanging at his side and clenched.

大哥在第三个时期早期摩擦了它，迫使失误，上篮，让小弟弟看起来很傻。铅扩大到21岁。如果他想戒烟，他可能会想到他的年轻兄弟姐妹，而不是柠檬水。

大错误。

因为小弟弟还有几个大玩家。J.J.无论记分牌和理性的思想，都建议，Hickson是不会放手的部分。他整夜都在玩得很好 - 唯一的外套，但他开始拥有下半场与篮板，扣篮，转换罚球，跳投......只是疯了，“来吧！带来它！带来它！我不放弃！“有点东西。Lamarcus Aldridge是多年来实际学到的小弟弟的一部分，这有能力击败大哥。和男孩，他是否展示了它。aldridge会张贴，面朝上，获得篮板，（就像希克森）击中了他的罚球。他们之间的aldridge和希克森清理了令人讨厌的乱七八样乱七八糟的玻璃玻璃。波特兰在下半场的篮板球产量保留了小牛在他们想要的那样快速进入（也许与他们旧的阵容疲劳相结合，因为游戏进展）。 That made all the difference.

With time to think during each play, the rest of Portland's lineup regrouped. Nobody kept up the sustained pressure like Hickson and Aldridge but Damian Lillard hit a couple threes, Wesley Matthews poked away steals, Sasha Pavlovic even converted a crucial and-one layup on the break. 20 to 10 to 2 to 0...the lead shrank and now Little Brother was smiling confidently as Big Brother panted and shook his head as he stood there with his hands on his knees.

Portland's rebounding stayed solid through the final period and both teams got in enough offense to stay neck and neck. This led to the damnedest ending you're ever going to see in a basketball game, full of stuff nobody could have predicted.

Having lapsed a little defensively in the latter part of the fourth, the Blazers had to scramble to cut a 7-point deficit with 2:00 remaining down to 3 with 30 seconds to go. Dallas' propensity to foul helped them out, as those four points all came off of free throws. Still, with Portland shooting poorly from the arc all night, those 3 points remaining seemed like a gulf. They got erased when Nicolas Batum hit a three off of a busted play and subsequent Lillard pass with 28 seconds left. Score tied 101-101.

On the ensuing play the Mavericks probed but couldn't get any easy looks. Their busted play went to Nowitzki, also out beyond the three-point arc. He heaved and他击中。104-101达拉斯，剩下11秒。敢于运气。

The Blazers drew up a play that looked to be designed for Lillard butthatgot busted all to heck too and the Blazers ended up with Aldridge handling the ball on the right side of the court, 21 feet out, time ticking down. He stepped back, checked his feet against the arc, and let fly. With 4 seconds left his shot splashed in--his 10th three-point attempt of the year and his first make--and the game was tied at 104.

Three three-pointers put home in 24 seconds of play, each one game-saving, none intended.

Finally something went as planned for the Mavericks on the ensuing inbounds play as they found O.J. Mayo--their leading scorer on the season--as Mayo lost his defender and cut clearly to the hoop. Ball in hand, he was prepared for the winning layup. Except Ronnie Price (of all people) jumped across the no-charge circle, got his feet just outside of it, stood upright, and took the charge. Mavs turn over the ball, a little over 1 second remaining, score still tied.

So what's the play for Portland? With a single second left it's got to be a twisting Batum jumper, right? Failing that, it's Lillard for sure. But no...they got the ball to Aldridgein the post。多久有一次thathappened on deciding plays this year? Having established position at 17 feet, Aldridge caught, spun, and launched that un-blockable turn-around with a defender right in his face. Arc up...up...up...down...down...down. Houston, we have splashdown. Oh, and Dallas? Game over. Little Brother jumps all over the court in glee while Big Brother shakes his head, not believing he got taken like that. Argument's done. For this day at least, Little Brother is the victor. Now the Mavericks have to do our chores for a week.

It's not like the Blazers played a great game. That Dallas offense was able to score at will for most of the evening. The Mavs shot 50% from the floor, 53% from the arc, tallied 31 assists on 42 made shots. It was textbook for them...textbook for what the Blazers would like to do but aren't good/experienced/deep enough to manage. The Blazers did OK: 45% from the field, 35% from the arc, 24 assists on 39 buckets. It was Dallas Lite, Little Brother stuff. But the Blazers did a couple of things magnificently. First they reversed the aforementioned rebounding problem, finishing the game with 15 offensive boards to 10 for Dallas, 46 total to the Mavs' 40. Second, thanks to Hickson and Aldridge the Blazers scored a big, fat 46 points in the paint, exceeding the Mavs by 2. This was critical because for much of the game Portland's jumpers weren't falling. Third, the Blazers shot 23 free throws to Dallas' 15, ending up 6 points ahead from the stripe on the night. That was partly because of the inside attack but also because this is a Mavericks weakness...the penalty for playing older, formerly offensive-minded guys. And finally, though the Blazers only forced 16 turnovers (and committed 14 themselves) it seemed like all of the critical possession changes near the end favored Portland. One couldn't help but sense that Big Brother still had the cruise control mindset while Little Brother was seeking a chance to beat him just one time. Those picked pockets and passes ended up providing the opportunity.

Individual Notes

波特兰早期问题的一部分可以归功于忽略林马斯全明星史密尔...... Aldridge offist。他正在击中他得到的每一个好的外观，但球搬运工一直看到更好的机会。当罪行速度快速跑步并试图在一个通过的1次最大值上生存时，你知道Aldridge不会让触摸触动并显示出来。如果Aldridge自己没有这样做，我假设教练斯托特弯曲了一些耳朵。一旦他开始获得机会，整个地板都为西装外套开辟了。他完成了12-20秒，最后几秒钟，2次游戏/获胜镜头，13次篮板。那家伙在第二半的时候很疯狂。

J.J.Hickson was both crazy and good as well. Most nights dude just doesn't care. He's gonna dunk and he's gonna rebound. He did both tonight, continuing his streak of early looks off of cuts and late-game rebounding. He also hit the jumper tonight and everything in between. At one point he was carrying Portland's offense. Not having to worry about offensive firepower at his position on the other end helped (as long as they kept him off of Nowitzki). Hickson finished with 26 points on 9-13 shooting and 15 huge rebounds. No word on whether he said, "Survive THAT" as he walked off the floor.

晚上的下一个最佳游戏属于Wesley Matthews，虽然这是如此诚然喜欢说你在问Jessica Alba，Blake Lively和他们的朋友跳舞时得到第三个选择。马修斯从中间节的地板挣扎，但开始并完成强大，射击5-15,3-9，距离为17分。他的4个抢断，4次助攻和6个篮板更重要。他将波特兰的主要部分与那些挑选重点。

Damian Lillard和Nicolas Batum普遍糟糕的郊游。Lillard再次陷入压力下。压力似乎没有在赛季早些时候慢慢降低他。嗅到水中的血液，队伍现在更献给它，但是如果疲劳正在扮演一部分，那也是奇迹。他去了3-11次，但确实有8次助攻。Batum只是......我不知道。他有一个“谁再次是谁？”夜晚。他尝试了14次镜头 - 比他的5个晚上更好 - 但只有其中4个。6助攻是可观的，他确实击中了这三个延伸，但他只有4个篮板，从来没有休息过，到了犯规，但曾经错过了一次罚球，他的防守无所事事。

Ronnie Price在替补席上赛季的比赛。大举动是最后一个，绘制在梅奥上的费用。信用教练斯托特将他放入那个戏剧。但价格也达到2-4次射击，包括拉力赛3，10分钟内送达2次助攻。

Sasha Pavlovic executed his first meaningful play in weeks with the layup finish (though he missed the and-one free throw attempt). He went 2-3, scored 4 with an assist and a steal in 9 minutes.

Luke Babbitt also hit a Rally-Time 3 (it was quite the party) but managed only 1-4 overall for 3 points in 9 minutes. Stotts kept him in there, though, showing confidence. Hopefully Babbitt can find his again.

Speaking of confidence, I'm not sure Meyers Leonard has much left at this point. He posted 3 minutes, Jared Jeffries 7. Jeffries didn't do that much but apparently not much from him is better than whatever Leonard is offering at the moment. This might have been a nice night for him to get some run, as Dallas' bigs aren't ultra-potent (and the potent ones are all smaller than Leonard). But it was not to be.

将“爵士手”巴顿在施取尺度的另一端。他在6分钟内抓住了3个令人印象深刻的篮板，并进球了一桶。2个人犯规，2个失误，以及一些可疑的防守晚上为他而撒谎，但是当他击中地板时，这家伙试图发挥大。

燃烧者现在有几天休息。这种感觉良好的胜利将使这些练习课程更有趣。

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注:Aldridge in the post for the win. Who'd have thunk it?

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