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The Dallas Mavericks seeks to take a commanding 3-0 lead against the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday evening in Game 3 of their best of seven National Basketball Association playoff series.The visiting Dallas Mavericks is the odds on favorite to take Game 3 after they defeated the home-team Portland Trail Blazers in Games 1 and 2 in Dallas, Texas.

The veteran laden Dallas Mavericks beat the Portland Trail Blazers on the first two games of their NBA playoff series due to their tremendous teamwork and tough defense.The Dallas Mavericks is simply spectacular in their two victories against Portland Trail Blazers as they score huge points both on the outside and inside.

To take a commanding 3-0 lead against the Portland Trail Blazers, the Dallas Mavericks need to continue playing with superb offence and tough defense.As the visiting team, the Dallas Mavericks needs to start strong so that they can end strong in this game and beat the Portland Trail Blazers.

The reliable stars of the Mavericks lead by point-guard Jason Kidd, superstar power-forward Dirk Nowitzki and shooting forward Peja Stojakovic also need to take the scoring load of the team to defeat the Blazers.Like what they did in Games 1 and 2, the Mavericks need to shoot more on the outside and score substantial points on the inside to defeat the Blazers.

The Mavericks are favored to take Game 3 all they need to do is to play with 110 percent energy and avoid too many turnovers against the Blazers.The home-team Blazers can cut their deficit to 2-1 in this series if they can learn to slow-down both Kidd and Nowitzki in this game.The main agenda for the Blazers in this game to win is to put chains on Kidd and Nowitzki who had been instrumental in the two wins of the Mavericks against them in Dallas.

If the Blazers can slow-down both Kidd and Nowitzki they have a big chance of beating the Mavericks in this game.Blazers reliable guard Brandon Roy who had been silent the past two games need to explode in this game to help his team beat the visiting Mavericks.

Roy must get back to his scoring ways to win and hand the Mavericks its first loss in the NBA playoffs this year.Blazers young power-forward Lamarcus Aldridge for his part need to continue taking charge in scoring and rebounds for his team to defeat the Mavericks.

The underdog Blazers can win this game if they can come out with a good game-plan and execute it well come game-time.