Play: Portland Trail Blazers
Rating: 8*

The Portland Trail Blazers will be looking to bounce back from a tough 118-115 overtime buzzer beater loss in Phoenix as they travel to Dallas to take on the Mavericks Friday night. The Mavs are still looking for its first win of the season, and I fear they'll have to wait a bit longer. Dallas established a season low for points in Wednesday's 97-81 loss to the Jazz, and the team is ismply lacking chemistry. The Mavericks won four of the past six meetings, but this game has Portland win written all over it.