Luka Doncic to El Comercio: “It is likely that we will face the Utah Jazz in the PlayOffs”

Dallas Mavericks managed to wrest fourth place in the Western Conference from Utah Jazz after defeating them at the American Airlines Center. With this victory, those led by Jason Kicc climbed a step, which would mean home court advantage in the first round of the PlayOffs. After finishing the meeting, El Comercio spoke with Luka Doncićstar of Mavericksabout the importance of this great game.

the slovenian Luka Doncić scored 32 points, his Mavericks they beat Sunday night 114-100 to Utah Jazz and managed to snatch fourth place in the NBA Western Conference.

The Mavericks (46-29) lead by one game Jazz (45-30) in the dispute for the fourth seed in the Western Conference and managed to tie their series in the campaign. Each club won both of its home games.

Dallas would have to finish a game ahead of Utah if the Jazz maintains its 1 1/2 game lead in the Northwest Division over Denver. To the Mavericks and to Jazz They have seven games left.

Rudy Gay scored 18 points for the Jazzwho suffered his fourth straight loss on a six-game road trip that concludes Tuesday night against the Clippers in Los Angeles.

However, Utah did not show a bad face since they did not have Rudy Gobert, their starting center, and they could not have Hassan Whiteside, backup center, on the roster, both due to injuries. Similarly, Serbian Bojan Bogdanovic missed yet another duel with a strained right calf.

After the game, at the press conference, I asked Luka Doncić because of the emotional importance of this victory against Utah Jazz: “It’s a very important win, that’s for sure. It is very likely that we will be in the PlayOffs against them in the first round. We wanted fourth place because of home advantage, now we have it and our goal is to keep it until the end. We will fight for it and maybe also for third place.”

Dallas Mavericks will face the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday, March 29. For its part, Utah Jazz He will do the same against the Los Angeles Clippers on the same day in LA.