The Bulls rallied past the Mavericks, eliminating Dallas from play-in contention a year after the club reached the Western Conference finals.
Despite the move, the Mavericks led by double digits when Markieff Morris scored 13 points in the second quarter and rookie Jaden Hardy hit a half-court shot to beat the halftime buzzer for a 67-54 lead.
McKinley Wright IV’s layup got Dallas within a point with 39 seconds left before Dalen Terry scored on an alley-oop dunk from White with 23 to go.Theo Pinson missed a potential tying 3-pointer for Dallas, which had three more attempts at a tying 3 in the final seconds.Irving was out for right foot injury recovery.
The Bulls sat their top two scorers in DeMar DeRozan and Zach LaVine, but they are already locked into the 10th seed in the East. Patrick Williams scored 23 points, and Nikola Vucevic had 20 points and 10 rebounds. Keeping Doncic in was an apparent attempt to get him an ovation after Kidd suggested before the game it would be the 24-year-old superstar’s final action of the season.The move didn’t work because fans didn’t seem aware and therefore didn’t cheer.
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