Dallas Mavericks hit with $750k fine for sitting players with playoff hopes alive

• Mavericks fined $750,000 after investigation into tanking
• Dallas sat key players in must-win game for playoff hopes

The NBA fined the Dallas Mavericks $750,000 on Friday, saying the team engaged in conduct detrimental to the league" by sitting out most of their key players against the Chicago Bulls on 7 April despite still having a chance to reach the postseason.

The league's investigation, which took less than a week, said Dallas violated the league's policy on resting players and had a desire to lose that game to the Bulls in order to improve the chances of keeping its first-round pick in the 2023 NBA draft".