Dallas Mavericks Climb to Play-in Spot with Win vs. Nets

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00:00The Dallas Mavericks 120-101, congratulations, beating a team that's actively trying to tank

00:05to get as many ping pong balls as they possibly can get. The Brooklyn Nets now sit on the season

00:0923-49, but the Mavericks at 35-37 pull into a virtual tie with the Suns to try to get the

00:1610th spot, which is the play-in-round games for their franchise. This was a team just a

00:21few short weeks ago, that should go back a month, let's just say, where, you know what,

00:24we got superstars on our team, we're happy, our fans love us, can we make a run?

00:28Luka Doncic leaves, Anthony Davis comes in, he gets injured, Kyrie Irving gets injured,

00:32and the sink to the bottom continues. Now, I'm surprised by this, Joe, because I didn't

00:36think Anthony Davis would get back onto the court this year, because most smart franchises go, well,

00:41he is going to be the linchpin of our franchise for the next couple years. This season is done,

00:46whether he comes back healthy or not, we're not winning anything, we might not even make it into

00:49the play-in-round, and we know the injury history on Anthony Davis, so him coming back here to help

00:54the team ruin their draft position to maybe make it into the playoffs, to get knocked out in one

01:00game, to be then sent home. I don't understand, but they're trying to win, and they did last night.

01:05Well, they did, and you know, to their credit, they have been feisty and short-handed for a

01:12long time now, and you know, this is not a team that has quit, there's effort every night,

01:17you know, they lack talent, obviously, because of all the injuries, and you trade away a

01:22generational player like Luka, but that's a whole different story. And also, do you really

01:27want to alienate your fan base even more by not making an effort down the stretch to make the

01:33postseason? So, I love the pieces they have, I think Najee Marcell is a stud, you know,

01:40they even got Dinwiddie back in action, you bring Anthony Davis, P.J. Walsh, it's not like they're

01:46void of talent, unlike the Brooklyn Nets, who pretty much have no talent, but Dallas could

01:52make, I mean, listen, everyone's going to look past Dallas, right? But if they can get in,

01:57Dallas is another one of these teams where, you know, they're not giving up,

02:01and they haven't given up all year, and credit to Jason Kidd, too, for keeping this together.