Game 77: DAL (37-39) @ PHL (49-26)

[loki]

Unfortunately the Mavs are smack dab on top of the perfect lose-lose outcome, with very few games left to change anything. Perfectly inept. 

They are sitting in 11th, which is not only out of the playoffs, but out of the play-in too. The possibility of moving higher? Really low. They aren't good.

But where they sit now, they are also 11th in the draft order, which means the pick goes to NY. The possibility of tanking to a top-10 pick? Possible (but not a given, even if they lose the rest). And they seem to be determined to win when they can, even though a single added win is probably enough to make 10th pick out of reach.

If the Mavs lose both games this weekend I'm hopeful they will waive the white flag. Looking at likely outcomes of the other matchups, they could be 2.5 games out of 10th with only 3 left to play. They would technically not be eliminated, but it might be far enough back that it forces their hand.