Overtime win has familiar feel

--The Mavs improved to 2-0 in overtime games this season with Saturday's win. They also beat the San Antonio Spurs in OT at home. The common thread in both of those games is that Dallas blew 18 point leads. The Blazers win was the Mavs' first double-overtime game since losing to San Antonio 133-126 on Dec. 9, 2008.

--Dallas simply owns the Portland Trail Blazers. They beat them 4-2 in the first round of the playoffs last season, but their dominance is overwhelming in the regular season. The Mavs have now won 22 of the last 29 regular-season matchups.

QUOTE TO NOTE
"Right now we have to do better with turnovers. We are doing some things that are just uncharacteristically weird out there." -- Mavs coach Rick Carlisle on the team's 23 turnovers Saturday night.

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