The Mavericks were officially eliminated from the NBA Cup in-season tournament Friday night when they fell to Luka Doncic and the Lakers.
The way the NBA accounts for the in-season tournament in its schedule is the league marks Dec. 9, 10, 13 and 16 as days for NBA Cup Knockout Rounds and Dec. 11, 12, 14 and 15 as days for regular season games between teams that didn’t advance to the knockout rounds of the in-season tournament.
With Dallas no longer able to advance out of its group after the loss to Los Angeles, the NBA announced two additions to the Mavs’ schedule. The Mavericks are set for a pair of regular season matchups against the Nets and Jazz, a pair of teams that also have been eliminated from the NBA Cup.
Dallas will host Brooklyn on Dec. 12 at 7:30 p.m. and then the Mavericks will visit Utah on Dec. 15 at 8 p.m.
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In the meantime, the Mavs will try to get back on track on the second night of a Los Angeles back-to-back against the Clippers on Saturday.
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