Spurs at Mavs GAMEDAY Preview: How to Watch, Injury Report, Betting Odds

The San Antonio Spurs play the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday afternoon for the final game of their respective seasons.

Author:
Lance Roberson
Publish date:
Apr 9, 2023 11:11 AM EDT

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Although far from finished, the San Antonio Spurs rebuild is happening organically. Conversely, the Dallas Mavericks' recent shenanigans of abruptly sitting out players before game time of last Friday's game vs. the Bulls raised eyebrows league-wide. On Sunday afternoon, the Spurs and Mavericks square off for the final match of their respective seasons.

Although the game is at the American Airlines Center, expect to see some silver and back jerseys in the crowd rooting for the Spurs. In a long season sprinkled with good moments, Sunday is quite the crossroad for both teams.

On the Spurs' end, Gregg Popovich enters basketball immortality as an official Hall of Fame member in August, ticking the clock to his retirement, thus ending an era in San Antonio. On the other side of the spectrum, the Mavericks miss the playoffs despite a Western Conference Finals appearance in 2022. In turn, alarming reports hit the rumor mill of Luka Doncic's disappointment leading to a possible trade request in the summer of 2024.

As both teams follow their respective trails to the offseason, the Spurs' only concern moving forward is where the ping pong balls fall in the lottery and making the right decision in the draft.