With Luka Doncic and five teammates in street clothes, the Mavericks’ already-lost season meekly ended with a 138-117 loss to a 21-win San Antonio team that...
Doncic said it no longer was on his mind, but his gloomy demeanor indicated otherwise, or perhaps that said more about his takeaway from a season in which he finished second in the NBA in scoring average while Dallas“Something’s got to change, you know?” he said. “For sure. I mean, last year when we went to the Western Conference finals we were having fun. I always talk about the chemistry we had. It was great, but something’s got to change, for sure.”“We’ll see about it,” he said.
“The report yesterday that the NBA is planning on investigating; I don’t know anything about it,” coach Jason Kidd said. “I haven’t been contacted and I’m not going to comment about it.”Sunday was a fitting ending to a season in which Dallas won 14 games fewer than last season’s 52-win team. In the franchise’s 43-season history, this is the third-largest victory drop between full 82-game seasons.
When the Mavericks fell behind 42-14 after Sunday’s first quarter, it broke a dubious franchise record set by those 13-win Mavs of 1993-94, who trailed in a March 1994 game against the Lakers 42-16 after one quarter. “I think just a little patience, especially with change, is needed. Understand, we’re not happy with the way things finished. But we promise that we will continue to work and push forward and we’ll get better.”
“But I think he’s excited to be here. He’s excited to work with Luka. He believes that we have a chance to win. And so this is a big summer, not just for us as Mavs, but for Kai. Everything we’ve done is to show that this is a great city, a great organization. And now it’s time to continue to build that process of winning the championship.”
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