{"id":684560,"date":"2026-03-28T18:35:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T18:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/684560\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T18:35:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T18:35:28","slug":"player-grades-recapping-the-mavericks-vs-the-trailblazers-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/684560\/","title":{"rendered":"Player Grades \u2013 Recapping the Mavericks vs. the Trailblazers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dallas Mavericks<\/a> travelled to the northwest to take on the Portland Trailblazers<\/a> Friday night. The Mavs have officially been eliminated from Playoff contention, while the Blazers have clinched a spot in at least the Play In tournament. Despite having nothing to play for, Dallas got the 100-93<\/a> win.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s get to the grades!<\/p>\n

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Cooper Flagg: B+24 PTS \/ 3 REB \/ 2 AST \/ 4 STL \/ 0 BLK \u2013 38 MIN<\/p>\n

Flagg nailed 9-of-17 overall and had sticky hands to net himself a whopping four steals. His rebounding and assist totals were lower than we normally see, but this was still a very solid game if not for a few turnovers (three).<\/p>\n

Max Christie: C-5 PTS \/ 3 REB \/ 2 AST \/ 1 STL \/ 2 BLK \u2013 25 MIN<\/p>\n

If it wasn\u2019t for everything but scoring, Christie likely would have been a \u201cD\u201d Friday night. His 1-for-8 shooting was somewhat mind-boggling, especially after having found his rhythm over the past few games. Nice job doing some other things, including blocking shots.<\/p>\n

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Naji Marshall: A-19 PTS \/ 3 REB \/ 3 AST \/ 5 STL \/ 0 BLK \u2013 33 MIN<\/p>\n

Marshall connected on 7-of-14 from the floor and had an insane number of steals, somehow outdoing Flagg\u2019s exceptional performance in that category. This was a very nice, well-rounded game in which Marshall contributed to a long-awaited win.<\/p>\n

P.J. Washington: C+5 PTS \/ 5 REB \/ 0 AST \/ 0 STL \/ 0 BLK \u2013 27 MIN<\/p>\n

Washington no-showed this one to a large degree, which was more disappointing that it otherwise would have been, given how well he played last game. There just simply isn\u2019t much to say about this one.<\/p>\n

Dwight Powell: C+4 PTS \/ 5 REB \/ 3 AST \/ 1 STL \/ 0 BLK \u2013 21 MIN<\/p>\n

Powell was Powell, giving the team a solid effort in limited minutes, but he also had some slightly inordinate negatives on the ledger. His total assists stand out, and he was 2-for-3 from the floor, but he bricked his only two free throw attempts and had three turnovers and three fouls.<\/p>\n

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Marvin Bagley: A+26 PTS \/ 9 REB \/ 3 AST \/ 1 STL \/ 1 BLK \u2013 27 MIN<\/p>\n

Bagley had his highest scoring quarter of the season in the first, with 11 points, en route to his season high point total. He led the team in points, rebounds and assists (the latter of which he tied for the lead) and drilled 11-for-14 from the floor, including 3-for-5 from deep. Bagley was the best player on the floor and there is no chance the Mavs win without his efforts Friday night.<\/p>\n

Final Thoughts<\/p>\n

The Mavs don\u2019t need to win, but they sure did need a win. It\u2019s been a while since they\u2019ve been on the positive side of an outcome and while it doesn\u2019t help their draft position to win, it\u2019s nice to see guys who work so hard every night get a taste of victory. Kudos to Flagg for a nice game, and to Bagley for serving as a one man gang.<\/p>\n

I invite you to follow me @_80MPH<\/a> on X, and check back often at Mavs Moneyball<\/a> for all the latest on the Dallas Mavericks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dallas Mavericks travelled to the northwest to take on the Portland Trailblazers Friday night. The Mavs have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":684561,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3784],"tags":[20309,7,601,225,149,5991,6338,7139,5989,6,687,471,15889,3967,59567,1617,682],"class_list":["post-684560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-portland-trail-blazers","tag-ast","tag-basketball","tag-blazers","tag-cooper-flagg","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-dwight-powell","tag-marvin-bagley-iii","tag-max-christie","tag-naji-marshall","tag-nba","tag-portland","tag-portland-trail-blazers","tag-portland-trailblazers","tag-portlandtrailblazers","tag-reb","tag-trail-blazers","tag-washington"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116308248337657344","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=684560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/684561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=684560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=684560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=684560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}