C.J. McCollum wins war of daggers vs. Dirk Nowitzki as Portland pays back Dallas

By Rob Perez
Published

We had ourselves an old-fashioned, wild west duel in Dallas on Tuesday night, as the Trail Blazers scored a last-second win over the Mavericks, 114-113, to avenge last week's loss in Portland.

Leading up to the climax, Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki and Blazers guard C.J. McCollum went punch for punch trading big-time plays — including not one Dirk Nowitzki three ...

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... but TWO clutch threes by the Mavericks legend:

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After finishing a tough layup at the rim and converting the and-one free throw in between Dirk's daggers, McCollum sealed the victory for the Blazers with a beautiful finish in traffic and only 0.3 seconds on the game clock.

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What a game. McCollum scored 23 of his 32 after halftime on 9-of-13 shooting. With the win, the ninth-place Blazers have stretched their lead over the 10th-place Mavericks in the West by 1.5 games and moved within 1.5 games of eighth-place Denver.