As we approach the end of his 2022-2023 season nba, Dallas Mavericks it’s not where I expected it to be in the box Playoffs of the Western Conference.
After falling in the Western Conference Finals last year, expectations that Dallas would pull through were real and reached the NBA Finals for the first time with Luka Doncic. The All-Star signing is supposed to Kyrie Irving would be the missing piece to achieve it.
Instead, the complete opposite happened. On Wednesday, the Mavericks lost to the Philadelphia 76ers, adding them fifth loss in last six games. Since having Irving, Dallas has gone 7-9 in 16 games with Kyrie.
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Today Mavericks are 37-40, one game back of Oklahoma City Thunder in contention for the final spot in the Play-In tournament.
Yes, you read that right. Doncic, Irving and the Mavericks would miss the playoffs if the season ended today.
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After the loss to Philadelphia, Irving gave a lengthy answer when asked about Dallas’ playoff hopes and what it was like to be traded midseason for the first time in his career.
“It’s human nature. I am moving to a new work environment and there are many new features. I try to introduce myself to everyone, find out who the guys on the team will trust off the field. Who are our coaches? Who are the administrators? What do they expect from me? The big question, why did they sign me? And, you know, what does the future look like?”Irving told the media, according to Tim Bontemps of ESPN.
“Just with where we are in the season and how the other teams are already, it all seems really chaotic to be honest with you”.
“We’re 37-40 and trying to fight to get into the Play-In game. It’s not the expectations that I think any of us had in the locker room.”.
Will the Dallas Mavericks miss the playoffs?
As things stand, the Mavericks would be the first team out of the Playoffsone game behind the Thunder for 10th place with five games remaining in the Regular Season.
The match for the Western Region Play-In
pos.
Equipment
Record
% wins
chief diff
7.
Timberwolves
39-38
.506
13
8.
Lakers
38-38
.500
13.5
9.
pelicans
38-38
.500
13.5
10.
thunder
38-39
.494
14
eleven.
Mavericks
37-40
.481
fifteen
12.
Jazz
36-40
.474
15.5
From the Mavericks they have already lost the tiebreaker with the Thunderthey would have to finish one game ahead of Oklahoma City to qualify for the Play-In.
Dallas tied the Regular Season series with the Pelicans, meaning the tiebreaker with them will go down in the division record. New Orleans (10-5) has one more win than the Mavericks (9-7) in this section.
Dallas holds tiebreaker advantage over Los Angeles Lakers and Utah Jazzbut the Timberwolves lead the tiebreaker against the Mavericks.
According to the FiveThirtyEight playoff prediction model, the Mavericks have only 19% chance of making the playoffs.
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Denver Nuggets announced Nikola Jokic He will miss at least four weeks due to a left knee injury.
Star center was diagnosed with left knee hyperextension. At the same time, tests confirmed that the three-time NBA MVP’s knee ligaments remained intact.
Jokic was injured in the final seconds of the first half of the 123-147 loss to the Miami Heat and limped heavily on his way to the locker room. He did not return to the site after a long time.
Before his injury, Nikola managed to produce 21 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds in just 19 minutes on the field.
Losing Jokic could be a big blow for Denver, as starters Christian Braun (ankle injury), Aaron Gordon (hip issue) and Cam Johnson (knee injury) remain sidelined.
Jokic averaged 29.9 points, 12.4 rebounds and 11.1 assists per game this season.
Injury Update: Nikola Jokić suffered a Hyperextension injury in his Left Knee in last night’s match against Miami Heat. Nikola will be re-evaluated in four weeks. pic.twitter.com/NIDmlKAN81
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11 games were played in the NBA regular season on the night of December 29-30.
Miami hosted Denver and earned a landslide victory.
The home team was ahead by 12 points with 41:29 to play in the first quarter, but the Nuggets were able to slowly win back in the second quarter. The teams entered a long break with the score tied at 63:63. The decisive factor in the match was the third quarter, when the Heat made an 11:0 move and led by 15 points at 84:69. After that the home team completely controlled the course of the game and only increased their advantage, achieving a crushing victory – 147:123.
The most productive player of the match was Powell, who brought 25 points to Miami, while Jaques (20 points + 11 assists) and Adebayo had double-doubles with 13 points + 10 rebounds.
San Antonio hosted Cleveland and suffered a sensational defeat.
Three-quarters of the meeting was fought evenly, with the teams responding to each other’s pushes with their own pushes and often staying within a shot or two of each other. That changed in the fourth quarter, as the Cavaliers went on a 15-2 run to take a 10-point lead, 94-84. They then maintained their advantage and won with a score of 113:101.
Cleveland’s main hero in this game was Allen, who had a double-double with 27 points and 10 rebounds. Garland can achieve the same success with 15 points and 11 assists.
Toronto beat Orlando at home.
Magic started the match better and made a 14:2 move at the start. Afterwards, they took control of the course of the game and increased the advantage completely to +21 – 51:30 in the second 12 minutes. After that, the home team slowly started to close the gap and entered the long break with a score of 11-11 at 54:65. The third quarter was tied, so Orlando still had a double-digit advantage ahead of the final: 94:84. At the beginning of the match the play followed the same scenario but in the middle Toronto made a move with 15:0 and not only won it back but also took the lead with 105:102. The fate of the game was decided by Barnes’ free throws, which set the score at 107:106 with 1 minute and 27 seconds left in the quarter.
Barnes could not make a triple-double this time, but he did a double-double and got 13 points and 11 rebounds, while the most productive name in the victory was Shead with 19 points.
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Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo He gave a harsh response to the question about a possible trade to another NBA club:
“I’m here. Don’t ask me that question. It’s disrespectful to me and my teammates. I wear this jersey every day.
To say I don’t want to be here is disrespectful to the organization, the coaching staff, myself and everyone who worked hard to get me on the field. Don’t ask me this question. I am her. I’m going out in this uniform. And as long as I’m here, I’ll give it my all until the last second of the match.”
On the night of December 27-28, Antetokounmpo returned to the field after his calf muscle injury and became the most productive player of the game with the Chicago Bulls – 112:103.
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