At 9:30 a.m. Beijing time on January 4, the NBA Mavericks hosted the Trail Blazers, with the starting five Tigers of Doncic, Irving, Jones, Josh Green, and Lively, and the starting lineup of the Trail Blazers was Simmons, Henderson, Grant, Kamara, and Bagge.
At the beginning of the first quarter, Lively easily scored 2 points under the basket, Irving hit a 3-point shot from a distance with 100 steps from outside, Doncic hit a 2-point shot from mid-range, Josh Green added 2 points, and the Mavericks led 9-0 at the beginning. Simmons hit a 2-point shot on a fast-break basket, Doncic scored 2 points on a step-back jumper, and the two sides fell into a confrontation mode, and the Mavericks led the Trail Blazers by 10 points at 35:25 at the end of the first quarter.
The second quarter continued, Sharpe added 2 points under the basket, Irving responded with 2 points on a fast break, Brogdon scored 2 points on a back-up pull, Hardaway Jr. scored 3 points with a sword outside the line, and the Mavericks continued to lead by 11 points at 40:29. The two sides chased after each other, and the Trail Blazers trailed the Mavericks by 31 points 47:78 in the second quarter.
In the second half, the Mavericks Doncic and Irving bombarded wildly today, steadily leading by a large score, and the Trail Blazers Simmons, Sable, Sharpe and others also worked hard to catch up. Helplessly, the strength was not good, and finally the battle was over, and the Mavericks easily defeated the Trail Blazers 126:97!