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Mexico City.- Los Dallas Mavericks received a strong punishment by the National Basketball Association (NBA), This is because the team purposely tried to lose one of their games with the intention of improving their interests for the next draft of the league, but in the end their action was discovered so the group where Luka Doncic plays became deserving of a punishment.
The match in question was the one played against the Chicago Bulls en April 7, a duel that was key to the aspirations of Dallas for the playoffs; However, they surprised by leaving most of their best players out, as they released several starters such as Kyre Irving at the last minute and played with numerous substitutes, which raised suspicions from the league.
“Los Mavericks violated the league’s player rest policy and demonstrated through actions and public statements the desire of the organization to lose the match to improve the chances of keeping their first-round pick in the draft”reported the NBA about that game that in the end they lost 115-112 and now Dallas will have to pay a fine of 750 thousand dollars.
According to the AFP agency, after the defeat against the Chicago Bulls, the team’s coach, Jason Kidd, acknowledged that the measures taken with the starters and having made the Slovenian play only 13 minutes Luka Doncic, hThey had arrived from the owner of the franchise, Mark Cuban, and from the sports management, thus leaving enough reasons for them to be creditors of the economic sanction.
When and where to see the NBA Play-Ins?
This Friday the last guests to the NBA Playoffs are defined in two games that have high expectations. First, the Miami Heat will face the Chicago Bulls at 5:00 p.m. Central Mexico time (4:00 p.m. Pacific time). Then the Minnesota Timberwolves will face the Oklahoma City Thunder in a game scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Central Mexico time (6:30 p.m. Pacific time).
Game one of the playoffs will start next Saturday, April 15 with the Philadelphia 76ers against the Brooklyn Nets at 11:00 a.m. Central Mexico time (10:00 a.m. Pacific time) and will continue with the Cleveland Cavaliers vs New York Knicks at 4:00 p.m. This will begin the final rounds that will continue for the next two months with the conference finals in May and the NBA finals in June.
Source: Tribune, AFP
