Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle, like his players, heard about the NBA’s decision to suspend the season while in the third quarter of their game against the Denver Nuggets.

That ended up being the last game completed in the league Wednesday night, and the Mavericks avoided their first three-game losing streak before the NBA season’s suspension “until further notice“ after a Utah Jazz player tested positive for the coronavirus.

“Very concerned, but it’s not necessarily about basketball. Obviously this is much bigger than basketball,” Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said.

“This is because of just the league being concerned about the health of fans, players and arena personnel,“ Carlisle said. “There’s going to be more meetings and more talk tomorrow about what the next steps are. There’s no timetable.”

The 7-foot-4 Marjanovic is from Serbia, as is Denver’s 7-foot center Nikola Jokic, a usually high-scoring All-Star from Europe like Doncic, who is from Slovenia. Jokic finished with 14 points and 13 rebounds. Jokic didn’t take his first shot until about four minutes into the second quarter, a stepback jumper over Marjanovic. …

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