The Portland Trail Blazers ... Suns and Dallas Mavericks, respectively. Each of those franchises stands at 38 losses. But each owns a playoffs-seeding tiebreaker over the Blazers.

A 3-pointer by Avdija, who had 26 points before halftime, gave Portland its biggest lead of the first half at 66-50.

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland Trail Blazers are running ... Portland sits 12th in the West at 30-39. The Blazers are three games behind the Dallas Mavericks, who are No. 10—the cutoff for ...

Portland still has at least a technical shot of making the play-in tournament in the crowded Western Conference. The Trail Blazers are four games behind the 36-38 Dallas Mavericks for the No. 10 ...

PORTLAND, ORE. (KATU) — The Portland Trail Blazers ... try to get that 10th seed." The Blazers need other teams to lose and must outperform the Dallas Mavericks and Phoenix Suns to secure ...

The Portland ... and Dallas (35-38), tied for 10th. The Blazers (32-41) trail both by three games. The Suns are off Thursday after losing Wednesday to Boston, while the Mavericks play at Orlando.

Which teams should the Portland Trail ... behind the 36-38 Dallas Mavericks (the No. 10 seed) and four games behind the 36-37 Kings (the No. 9 seed). More Portland Trail Blazers: NBA Insiders ...

At this point, the Portland Trail Blazers will need ... which pushed the Blazers (32-42) to four games back of the 10th-place Dallas Mavericks (36-38) with eight games remaining.

The Trail Blazers (31-39) are 3-1 on a seven-game homestand and have moved within two games of the Phoenix Suns and Dallas Mavericks in the battle for the final play-in spot. Portland has just 12 ...

Over the last month, the Portland Trail Blazers ... The two teams ahead of the Trail Blazers in the standings are the Phoenix Suns and the Dallas Mavericks. Phoenix has now lost 8 of their last ...