The Dallas Mavericks have been fined $750k by the NBA for violating the league’s player resting policy during the April 7 game against the Chicago Bulls.
The Mavs were accused of deliberately losing games to get a good draft pick after they rested their starters in the final two games of the season.
All-Star Luka Doncic was pulled after just 12 minutes in the second-to-last game against the Bulls, while Kyrie Irving sat out the whole game.
The investigation found that the Mavericks were too blatant in their attempts to lose, but did not find that any individual players tried to tank the game.
