NBA: Mavericks and Heat avoided the elimination in the play-in and go in search of the playoffs

Dallas Mavericks and Miami Heatwith its victories about Sacramento Kings and Chicago Bullsrespectively, they avoided the elimination in the first instance of the play-in and will seek the classification to the NBA playoffs. The MAVs will face Memphis Grizzlies In the fight for the eighth place of the West Conference, while the Heat will have the same goal before Atlanta Hawks In the east.

Dallas Mavericks (Tenth of the West) crushed Sacramento Kings (ninth) on Wednesday for 120-106 and the last ticket to the playoffs will be played against Memphis Grizzlies (eighth).

After a very turbulent season in Dallas for the shocking departure of Luka Doncic, the Mavericks will have a last chance to enter the playoffs and the team that goes ahead this Friday of Memphis will face in the first round Oklahoma City Thunder (first of the west with a balance of 68-14).

Instead, the Kings put the worst possible brooch to a campaign for oblivion that leaves many doubts in Sacramento. The dismissal of Mike Brown and the transfer of De’aaron Fox radically altered the essence of his project and also this wicked offered a very poor image and even received boos from their fans.

The mavericks, very physical and concentrated and that in the third quarter were winning for 26 points, signed a practically round performance both in attack and defense. Anthony Davis was the top scorer with 27 points and 9 rebounds. Klay Thompson (23 points with 5 of 7 in triples), PJ Washington (17 points and 9 rebounds) and Brandon Williams (17 points).

Demar Derozan was the only one who complied in the Kings with 33 points and 7 rebounds. Zach Lavine could not give it the necessary support (20 points with 5 ball losses) and Sabonis domains, far from what expected (11 points and 13 rebounds with 5 losses).

Miami Heat (Eastern Tenth) passed this Wednesday over Chicago Bulls (ninth) for 109-90 and will face at the last crossing of Atlanta Hawks (Eighth).

It was the third time that Chicago and Miami looked at the faces in the play-in and all of them ended with heat triumphs. The bulls do not step on the playoffs from the 2021-2022 campaign.

The Hawks will receive the HEAT on Friday for the last position that gives access to the playoffs. The winner will be measured in the first round to Cleveland Cavaliers, first of the East with an extraordinary campaign (64-18).

On the other hand, the Bulls closed their season with a bad taste and their worst score of the course, they did not live up to the promising level of recent weeks and listened to boos of their fans at the United Center for several moments of the match.

Tyler Herro was the master and lord of the game with 38 points and an excellent 13 of 19 in field shots for Miami, which was not below the scoreboard throughout the night. He was accompanied by Andrew Wiggins (20 points and 9 rebounds), Bam Adebayo (15 points and 12 rebounds) and Davion Mitchell (15 points and 8 assists).

In the Bulls, who crashed with only 39.8% in shots and received 56 points in the Heat paint, the top scorer was Josh Giddey (25 points and 10 rebounds) while Coby White had a very unfortunate day (17 points with 5 of 20 in shots and 7 ball losses).