If there was ever a time this season when the Dallas Mavericks needed Luka Doncic to return to the lineup, it was Sunday night in Portland. The Mavericks superstar returned from a five-game absence with several of his teammates sidelined with illness and injuries.

Luka Doncic, who had missed the previous five games, returned from a wrist injury and had 36 points and 13 assists in the Dallas Mavericks' 137-131 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday night,

The Dallas Mavericks played on the second night of a back-to-back against the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday, getting Luka Doncic back after missing five games with a wrist strain. Unfortunately, Dallas would be without Kyrie Irving,