NBA: 3 winners and losers from the first round of the playoffs

NBA Dallas Mavericks Luka Doncic (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
NBA Dallas Mavericks Luka Doncic (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
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NBA Sacramento Kings Buddy Hield (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

Loser: Sacramento Kings

Yes, they didn’t even make the first round of the playoffs, but for every time Luka and Dallas succeed (and boy did they look good), the Kings look worse and worse for selecting Marvin Bagley III ahead of him.

During the first round, Vlade Divac and Peja Stojakovic stepped down from their roles with the team and Joe Dumars is apparently steering the ship until told otherwise. Let’s hope for Kings’ fans sanity, their next big decision won’t come back to burn them so hard.

Also, another season passing signals another postseason missed, and the streak without a playoff appearance continues.