Portland Trailblazers vs. Dallas Mavericks

Dallas visiting Portland in a game that has everything to play, for Dallas, and nothing to lose, maybe just their pride, for the home side.

When Nowitzki went down with a high ankle sprain on March 23, Dallas (50-29) appeared to be in trouble. It lost its third straight that day, 88-81 to San Antonio, and though it was in the seventh spot in the tight Western Conference playoff race, Denver and Golden State were closing in. But now that he is back the things are as they use to be and the wins start coming again.

For Portland this game is just another one to play for nothing. So I think they will lose again as they did for 4 games in last 5 ones. The motivation doesn’t exist because they’ve beaten Dallas one time this season so they have nothing to prove at the moment.