MAVS 132, BLAZERS 117

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I also think Lillard never really punished Dwight or Frank. I felt like he was going through the motions the whole game, and the few times he did drive they were mainly frustration drives into 3 guys with a desperation heave.

Now I don't know if it's Portlands offensive system (with g-leaguers) that makes Lillard look like that or if Lillard is just mentally checked out of a losing team with no upside, but I felt like Lillard just didn't seem motivated the whole night.

I'm not trying to take away from Powell or Franks (or everyone else for that matter) great defense all night, they did play well. Just felt weird watching Lillard play passive and get swallowed up time and again.

I got this same feeling. 

I can't speak to what Lillard was actually thinking, but the bolded language describes the impression he gave, imho. I was disappointed, really, even though his passivity helped the Mavs to a win.