{"id":603418,"date":"2026-04-13T04:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T04:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/603418\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T04:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T04:58:09","slug":"mavericks-149-128-bulls-13-apr-2026-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/603418\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavericks 149-128 Bulls (13 Apr, 2026) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

DALLAS — \u2014 Ryan Nembhard<\/a> broke Dallas coach Jason Kidd’s club rookie record with 23 assists after No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg<\/a>‘s debut season ended with an ankle injury, and the Mavericks beat the Chicago Bulls<\/a> 149-128 in a season finale Sunday night.<\/p>\n

John Poulakidas<\/a> scored 28 points to lead the Mavericks in a meeting of also-rans that more closely resembled a summer league game. Moussa Cisse<\/a> had 17 points and 20 rebounds, which tied Roy Tarpley<\/a>‘s rookie club record from 1986-87. <\/p>\n

Flagg scored 10 points in 10 minutes before exiting with a sprained left ankle in the second quarter. The 19-year-old Rookie of the Year contender finished the season averaging 21.0 points, 5.4 rebounds and 4.5 assists in 70 games.<\/p>\n

Rob Dillingham<\/a> scored 25 points for the Bulls, who head into an uncertain offseason looking for a new head of basketball operations and a decision on the future of coach Billy Donovan. CEO Michael Reinsdorf has said he wants Donovan to return<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Chicago (31-51) was already locked into the ninth-worst record going into the lottery. Dallas (26-56) started the day tied with Memphis for the sixth-worst record and ended it even with New Orleans for the seventh-worst mark. The Pelicans won the season series with the Mavericks.<\/p>\n

Tyler Smith<\/a> and AJ Johnson<\/a> scored 20 points apiece for Dallas as both teams had eight players in double figures, including all nine who came off the bench.<\/p>\n

Nembhard, who scored 15 points, set a franchise record for assists in a regulation game and fell two shy of Kidd’s club mark of 25 in a two-overtime game in February 1996. Kidd’s rookie record was 17 in 1994-95.<\/p>\n

The Mavericks led 45-34 after their highest-scoring quarter of the season in the first and 80-56 following their most prolific half of the season.<\/p>\n

Dwight Powell<\/a> made the 12th start of what could be the last of 11-plus seasons with the Mavericks, finishing with seven points and 12 rebounds. The 34-year-old Canadian was a rookie when he was part of the trade that brought Rajon Rondo to Dallas from Boston during the 2014-15 season.<\/p>\n

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