With two regular season games left to play, the Mavericks need to win both of them and hope for the Thunder to lose against the Grizzlies to get into the play-in tournament.
Dallas will face the Bulls and has a good chance of winning because Chicago has clinched the 10th place and will rest its key players in this game.
However, the Mavs are also set to be without 5 players, including Kyrie Irving (right foot injury recovery). The others are Josh Green (rest), Tim Hardaway Jr. (left ankle soreness), Maxi Kleber (right hamstring injury recovery) and Christian Wood (rest).
If Dallas fails to make the play-in tournament, it will get a protected top 10 draft pick.
