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NBA: Dallas Mavericks bathe against Minnesota Timberwolves

The Dallas Mavericks ended the regular season with a 121-136 bust against the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Mavs have little to counter the triple fireworks of the Wolves and No. 1 pick Anthony Edwards. Nevertheless, the Mavs go into the playoffs as a 5-seed.

Minnesota Timberwolves (23-49) – Dallas Mavericks (42-30) 136:121 (BOXSCORE)

Due to the successes of the Portland Trail Blazers and Los Angeles Lakers on the last day of the regular season, the two teams are tied with the Mavs with 42 wins and 30 losses. However, since Dallas won the Southwest Division, the Texans have the tiebreaker on their side and finish the season in fifth place in the Western Conference. In the first playoff round, which starts on May 22, Dallas now faces the LA Clippers.

Last year Dallas was eliminated from LAC in the first playoff round after six games, Luka Doncic described the upcoming duel as a “hellish matchup”. Mavs coach Rick Carlisle said of the upcoming opponent: “They are a top team, a legitimate candidate for the title. But we are looking forward to the challenge.”

With a win against the Wolves, Dallas could have secured fifth place without a tiebreaker, but the Mavs had the worm right from the start. Dallas fell behind relatively quickly by double digits and was unable to recover from the hosts’ three-way fireworks. Luka Doncic and Kristaps Porzingis (4/5 threesome) were already top scorers of the Mavs with 18 points each.

Both were spared in the final section, Doncic only hit 2/7 from Downtown (6/13 FG), but was also responsible for 6 rebounds and 6 assists. Dorian Finney-Smith, Tim Hardaway Jr. and Jalen Brunson each got 15 points. Maxi Kleber was not there due to problems with the Achilles tendon, strokes loudly ESPN but a $ 150,000 bonus as he hit over 40 percent from a distance for the entire season (41 percent).

In Minnesota, which ended the season with three wins from the last five games, Anthony Edwards became the best man. The number 1 pick scored 30 points with 10/21 out of the field and 5/9 threesomes (plus 4 assists), marking a good end to his rookie season. Support came from Karl-Anthony Towns (23), D’Angelo Russell (23 and 10 assists) or Jaden McDaniels (19) and Naz Reid (17, 7/7 FG). Minnesota sank 17 threes and nearly 55 percent out of the field.

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