Two things we learned from the defeat of the Mavericks 122-112 in the Grizzlies

The Mavericks "pick up" a crucial game not to lose against the Grizzlies, 122-112, to retain a better chance of playing the lottery than Memphis in a game that can be described as not the best.

Memphis took a big lead in the second quarter. They dominated Dallas 34-21 in this period and have never looked behind. Delon Wright led the Grizzlies' offense with 26 points.

Salah Mejri scored a pair of three in this match, which could mean that his jump shots are not a gadget at the end of the tank season. The Tunisian Tour presented an impressive performance in a game where it was presented with great attention and assembled an extremely unique line of statistics.

Despite a mini-Dallas swap in the last quarter, the match result was probably almost assured when the injury report was released.

Dirk can still dunk

In the Mavericks' first offensive possession, Trey Burke made a pick-and-roll with Dirk Nowitzki, 40, who rode on the rim and dived for the first time this season. It was glorious.

From that moment, the game was only going down and most of the time, but no one can hold Dirk Dunking at 40 in all his splendor.

Tanking sucks

After the third season of the fleet, these last five games would make almost no sense except for the celebration of what is probably Dirk Nowitzki's last handful of matches.

As fun as watching a Mavericks team without Luka Doncic, Jalen Brunson, Dwight Powell, Tim Hardaway Jr., J.J. Barea and Kristaps Porzingis, it's not really fun to see a team missing seven players.

NBA basketball is supposed to be a beautiful thing and watching which team can defeat each other in an early April match for the third year in a row is starting to age.

What must be remembered from this game, it is and should always be the fact that Dirk Nowitzki can always dunk. All the rest can disappear in the memories of past tanks.