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How two rookies saved the Mavericks' season

Justin Anderson and Salah Mejri have provided Dallas with the tools they need to make a last minute playoff push.

DALLAS -- The draft. Those two words hold a precarious tone among Maverick fans, after Maurice Ager, Nick Fazekas, Dominique Jones and a host of other former Maverick draft picks were laid to waste in an elephant's graveyard underneath the American Airlines Center. Veteran savvy has always trumped youthful exuberance on a Rick Carlisle team. However, the Mavericks find themselves in an unusual position due to an injury plague to their current roster.