The Dallas team played the last game of the season without a leader, which allowed Bertan to start the game in the starting five. The native of Rujinietis spent a total of 28 minutes and 25 seconds on the floor, during which he scored 19 points, grabbed seven rebounds, gave one assist and blocked two shots. He made five of 11 threes and both two-pointers. With Bertan on the court, the Mavericks scored seven points less than they allowed, which was the second best score on the team.
Jayden Hardy led Dallas with 25 points.
Sandro Mamukelašvili scored 23 points for the winners.
It was already known before the game that the Dallas team would not qualify for the playoffs. The Mavericks finished the regular season with 38 wins in 82 games, which tied for 11th in the NBA’s Western Conference.
The same position in the Eastern Conference was occupied by the Washington “Wizards”, who won 35 times in 82 games.
Porzingis did not participate in the last game of the Washington team. The Liepaja player has not played for more than a week due to illness.
The top ten teams from each conference will then compete in the playoffs. First, the winners of the seventh to tenth places will play the so-called “play-in” games, determining two more teams that will join the six leading units of the conference in the “play-off” tournament.
Play-in games are scheduled from April 11 to 14, while the play-off tournament will start from April 15.
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