The Trail Blazers never cut into Dallas' double-digit lead after halftime. Jarrett Jacks' star shined briefly when he made consecutive layups. That momentum was brief when he hepled make the score 77-59 early in the fourth quarter, but the Mavericks led by as many as 26 points on the way to the 25-point win in Dallas.
The Trailblazers are standing 11 games back in the Northwest Division. To make it worse the mavericks had just creamed them for the 12th time time in 12 games. Its getting a little ugly and little angry in the Blazer locker room and with the fan base. Coach Nate is ever being asked "why the rotation?". Finally his answer has become those three little words, I'm the coach...
In the End though, we in the midwest are still increasingly interested in the play of rookie, LaMarcus Adridge:
Wednesday night in Dallas w/ 35 family and friends scattered in the arena, rookie LaMarcus Aldridge had 14 points and six rebounds, he shot 7-14, had a assist 2 blocked shots in an astonishing 34 minutes, a career high. He was even selected to start the second half at center in place of Joel Przybilla, who played only 8 minutes total.
LaMarcus Aldridge also had a breakout offensive game the night before onTuesday, but that wasn't enough to stop the San Antonio Spurs' spanking of his Blazers. The Blazers No. 2 pick hit 6-of-8 shots on his way to a season-high 17 points and added six rebounds in 23 minutes, but San Antonio won its seventh straight and 14th in 15 tries against Portland, 98-84
Last weekend, they played the Miami Heat at home. Sunday, LaMarcus Aldridge, got substantial minutes. playing in the absence of the injured Travis Outlaw, and the resurgent Martell Webster. Aldridge had 10 of his career-high 14 points in the second quarter, and Webster had 10 points in his first nine-minute shift of the game.
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