The Dallas Mavericks are playing a must-win game on Friday, at least on paper. You would not know it from how the team is going about it, though.
On Friday morning, the Mavericks ruled out a number of key players, including guard Kyrie Irving, for Friday’s game against the Chicago Bulls. Tellingly, Irving was ruled out due to “right foot injury recovery,” while Josh Green and Christian Wood were simply deemed out due to “rest.”
The Mavericks’ tanking efforts became even more apparent later Friday, when ESPN’s Tim MacMahon reported that the team plans to sit Luka Doncic after the first quarter of the game.
