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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP)\u2014Brandon Roy\u2019s<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> season had been fraught with uncertainty, first over the stability of his knees, then over his diminished role with the team.<\/p>\n

All those doubts melted away on Saturday when he led the Portland Trail Blazers<\/a> to one of the greatest comebacks in NBA playoff history.<\/p>\n

With 39.2 seconds left, Roy made a go-ahead bank shot that gave the Trail Blazers a stunning 84-82 comeback victory over the Dallas Mavericks<\/a>\u2014and evened their first-round playoff series at two games apiece.<\/p>\n

Roy finished with 24 points\u201418 in the fourth quarter alone\u2014as the Blazers erased a 23-point deficit. Portland became the third NBA team in the shot clock era to win a playoff game when trailing by 18 points or more heading into the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been in some pretty good zones before,\u201d the three-time All-Star said. \u201cBut nothing like tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the victory, Roy was swallowed by the embrace of several of his teammates.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt still just doesn\u2019t feel real yet,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was just an unbelievable game and comeback. With everything I\u2019ve been through this season, they just all came into that moment there on the court when guys we\u2019re grabbing and cheering me on. It was real special.\u201d<\/p>\n

Related: Roy takes advantage, redeems himself<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n

Trailing 67-44 in the third quarter, the Blazers closed the gap to 77-70 after Roy\u2019s step-back jumper.<\/p>\n

Jason Terry<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> answered with a 3-pointer but then Roy drove down the lane and finished to narrow it to 80-74 with 2:32 to go. LaMarcus Aldridge<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> added a turnaround jumper.<\/p>\n

Roy traded baskets with Shawn Marion<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> before making a 3-pointer and a free throw with 1:06 left to tie it at 82.<\/p>\n

After Roy\u2019s go-ahead jumper from out front banked in, the Mavericks missed two 3-point tries, the first from Jason Kidd<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> and the second from Terry as time ran out. Roy defended Terry on the final shot.<\/p>\n

Dirk Nowitzki<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> had 20 points to lead the Mavericks. Terry finished with 13 off the bench.<\/p>\n

Aldridge finished with 18 points for the Blazers, while Gerald Wallace<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> had 10 points and 11 rebounds.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen people ask me what did I do in the fourth quarter, I\u2019ll tell them `I stood in the corner and watched The Brandon Roy Show,\u201d\u2019 Wallace said.<\/p>\n

The series now heads back to Dallas for Game 5 on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cDid we let up? I think we let up, yeah. There isn\u2019t any question,\u201d Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle said.<\/p>\n

Related: Grizzlies win at home, go up 2-1 on Spurs<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n

The Blazers started slow, going 0-for-4 from the floor with two turnovers, and finished the first quarter shooting just 25 percent (4-for-16). Dallas capitalized on the pace, taking a 22-13 lead early in the second quarter after Terry\u2019s jumper.<\/p>\n

Aldridge didn\u2019t score for the Blazers until a pair of free throws 7:36 mark of the second quarter.<\/p>\n

While successfully defending Aldridge, Portland\u2019s top scorer, the Mavericks were spreading their scoring around better than they had in the previous three games, and extended the lead to 33-23 on Tyson Chandler\u2019s<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> layup.<\/p>\n

Tempers flared with 3:21 left in the first half when Aldridge and Chandler got into a shoving match under the Blazers\u2019 basket, resulting in a technical for each.<\/p>\n

The scuffle seemed to bring the fans\u2014and the Blazers themselves\u2014back into the game, albeit temporarily. Portland closed to 37-35 at the break after Wesley Matthews\u2019<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> layup and a pair for free throws from Aldridge.<\/p>\n

Matthews led the Blazers with 25 points in Portland\u2019s 97-92 victory in Game 3 on Thursday night, which drew the Blazers within 2-1 into best-of-7 series.<\/p>\n

Related: Pacers live to see another day<\/a> <\/p>\n

The Mavericks did not go to the free-throw line in the first half, while the Blazers went 12-for-12.<\/p>\n

Kidd\u2019s high-arcing 3-pointer game the Mavs a 48-37 lead in the third quarter and the Rose Garden crowd fell quiet. It touched off a 16-4 run by the Mavs capped by Peja Stojakovic\u2019s<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> 3-pointer to make it 64-41.<\/p>\n

The Blazers missed their first 15 shots from the floor in the third.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can always, after the fact, talk about what you could have done or should have done,\u201d Nowitzki said. \u201cYou can go a million ways about it, and afterward you\u2019re a lot smarter, but that doesn\u2019t help anybody right now. We all have to take it and stay positive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roy embarked on his turnaround when he had 16 points in Portland\u2019s Game 3\u2014 after grousing to a reporter in frustration after going scoreless in Game 2. The comments seemed to polarize fans, but Roy said overwhelming encouragement from friends and family\u2014including a text from Charles Barkley\u2014led him to the breakthrough.<\/p>\n

The three-time All-Star has played off the bench since his surgery in January, and has at times had trouble adjusting to his diminished role.<\/p>\n

Carlisle insisted Roy\u2019s emergence in the playoffs didn\u2019t throw the Mavericks.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been saying all series that we\u2019ve been game planning for him like he\u2019s an All-Star,\u201d the coach said. \u201cHe\u2019s had two of those night now, so we\u2019ll continue to do that. He got on a roll in the fourth and made some things happen. I\u2019m going to take the blame for a lot of that. There are different things defensively we could have done.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Mavs opened the playoffs with an 89-81 victory. Nowitzki had 28 points\u2014 18 in the fourth quarter alone\u2014and 10 rebounds. The 7-foot veteran had 33 points in Dallas\u2019 101-89 win in Game 2.<\/p>\n

Overall against Dallas, the Blazers have a 48-18 advantage at home in the regular season, and they\u2019re 8-1 in playoff games.<\/p>\n

Dallas is 2-1 when it opened 2-0 in 15 previous best-of-7 series. The exception was the 2006 NBA Finals when the Miami Heat<\/a> defeated the Mavericks in six games. The Heat were just the third team to claim a championship after trailing 0-2.<\/p>\n

The last time Dallas and Portland met in the playoffs was 2003. The Mavs claimed the first three games before the Blazers won the next three. The Mavericks took the deciding game in Dallas.<\/p>\n

Notes: Minnesota forward Kevin Love<\/a>(notes)<\/a>,<\/span> who grew up in Lake Oswego, Ore., sat courtside. \u2026 Lots of security was apparent behind the Dallas bench. Maverick owner Mark Cuban, sitting in the seats just behind his players, said he was hit in the face with an unknown object in the fourth quarter of Game 3. Cuban was unhurt. \u2026 The two other biggest fourth-quarter comebacks, according to the Elias Sports Bureau, were Boston\u2019s rally from a 74-53 deficit at home against New Jersey for a 94-90 victory on May 25, 2002, and Phoenix coming back from trailing 100-82 against the Rockets to win 124-117 on May 11, 1994, in Houston.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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