DALLAS (AP) — Caron Butler matched his season high with 23 points, Dirk Nowitzki scored 12 of his 21 in the fourth quarter and the Dallas Mavericks got back on track with a 103-98 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night.
Jason Terry added 13 points for the Mavericks, whose 12-game winning streak was snapped by the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night.
Dallas-area native LaMarcus Aldridge scored 20 of his season-high 35 points in the fourth quarter and Wesley Matthews added 17 for the Blazers, who lost their third in a row.
Portland rallied from a 17-point third-quarter deficit, tying it at 93 with 2:07 left on Aldridge’s reverse layup. But Nowitzki hit a 6-footer with 1:49 remaining to give Dallas the lead for good.
