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NBA to investigate whether Mavericks rested players against Bulls to tank for better draft pick

The Dallas Mavericks had better have a good reason for sitting some key players during Friday's loss to the Chicago Bulls. The NBA will investigate the team's motivation for sitting those players, league spokesman Mike Bass said Saturday.

Bass said the league would look into the "acts and circumstances surrounding the Dallas Mavericks’ roster decisions and game conduct" from that game, which Dallas lost 115-112.

From NBA spokesman Mike Bass: “The NBA commenced an investigation today into the facts and circumstances surrounding the Dallas Mavericks’ roster decisions and game conduct with respect to last night’s Bulls-Mavericks game, including the motivations behind those actions.