Bagley scores 26 points and Mavericks snap a 5-game skid in a 100-93 win against Trail Blazers

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Marvin Bagley III scored a season-high 26 points off the bench and Cooper Flagg had 24 to lead the Dallas Mavericks past the Portland Trail Blazers 100-93 on Friday night, snapping a five-game skid.

Naji Marshall had 19 points and five steals for the Mavericks, who had dropped seven of their previous nine games on the road and bounced back from a 142-135 loss at Denver on Wednesday night.

Bagley, who had his most points since scoring 25 last April, shot 11 of 14 from the field, including 3 of 5 from 3-point range, and had nine rebounds. Flagg had four steals for Dallas.

Jrue Holiday scored 23 points and Deni Avdija had 20 points and nine rebounds for the Trail Blazers, who had their two-game winning streak stopped and fell below .500 at 37-38. Portland, which has clinched a playoff spot and is currently in ninth place in the Western Conference, had won five of its previous six to get back to .500 for the first time in over two months.

Donovan Clingan had 17 rebounds and six points for the Trail Blazers.

The game was tied at 92 with 2:25 remaining after Holiday made a 3-pointer, but the Mavericks sealed the victory with an 8-1 run to end it. Bagley had a layup and a dunk to start the run and Marshall and Brandon Williams combined to make four free throws.

Mavericks: Host Minnesota on Monday night.

Trail Blazers: Host Washington on Sunday night.

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Portland Trail Blazers forward Deni Avdija talks with referee Nick Buchert (3) during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks, Friday, March 27, 2026, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Dallas Mavericks forward Cooper Flagg (32) shoots during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Portland Trail Blazers, Friday, March 27, 2026, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Portland Trail Blazers forward Deni Avdija (8) drives to the basket past Dallas Mavericks forward P.J. Washington (25) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, March 27, 2026, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Dallas Mavericks forward Cooper Flagg (32) hugs forward Naji Marshall, right, after an NBA basketball game against the Portland Trail Blazers, Friday, March 27, 2026, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Dallas Mavericks forward Marvin Bagley III (35) shoots past Portland Trail Blazers center Donovan Clingan (23) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, March 27, 2026, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Police in Nepal arrested former Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli early Saturday over the deaths of dozens of people during violent protests in September that toppled the government and resulted in new elections.

Authorities arrested the powerful communist leader at his residence on the outskirts of the capital Kathmandu. They also arrested Ramesh Lekhak, the former home minister who has been accused of ordering authorities to fire on protesters.

Home Minister Sudan Gurung announced the arrests on social media.

“No one is above the law. We have taken former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and former home minister Ramesh Lekhak under control,” Gurung said. “This is not revenge against anyone, it is just the beginning of justice.”

An investigation by a commission set up by the government called for punishment of up to 10 years in prison for Oli, Lekhak and the chief of police at the time of the protests.

Several trucks of police officers in riot gear conducted the arrests at the mens' homes before taking them to the Kathmandu District Police office.

The arrests come a day after a new government headed by rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah took office following a landslide win in parliamentary election earlier this month by his Rastriya Swatantra Party.

Shah and Gurung have promised justice for those killed and wounded.

The election was the country’s first since the youth-led protests against corruption and poor governance on Sept. 8 and Sept. 9 that left 76 people dead and more than 2,300 injured. Angry mobs burned down the offices of the prime minister and president, police stations and the homes of top politicians who were forced to flee on army helicopters.

The demonstrations fueled by “Gen Z” activists forced the Sept. 12 appointment of Nepal’s first female prime minister, Sushila Karki, a retired Supreme Court judge who served during the transition leading up to the election.

Former Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli is taken for procedural medical checkup after he was arrested by police in Kathmandu, Nepal, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

FILE - Khadga Prasad Oli, left, the chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal leaves his residence to meet his supporters after being appointed as Prime Minister, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, July 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha,File)

FILE - Leaders of Nepal Communist Party's (Maoist) Krishna Bahadur Mahara, left, Nepal Congress Party's Ramesh Lekhak, second left, and Nepal Communist Party's (Unified Marxist Leninist) Pradeep Nepal come out after a meeting of Nepal Cabinet ministers with the election commissioner, in Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, March 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Binod Joshi,File)

FILE -The then newly elected Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli greets after the oath of office in President residence in Kathmandu, Nepal, July 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File)