It simply retains getting worse for the Mavericks.
After struggling a calf harm final week, there was some hope that Luka Doncic may return sooner somewhat than later and assist Dallas go on a run within the West. These hopes are dwindling by the day.
In line with ESPN, Doncic is unlikely to play in Sport 2 of the Mavericks’ collection towards the Jazz.
The harm occurred on April 10 placing Doncic simply eight days faraway from the harm when the Mavericks take the court docket for Monday’s Sport 2 in Utah. Sport 3 will happen in Dallas on April 21.
After dropping Sport 1, a 2-0 collection deficit could possibly be a dying sentence for Dallas. In NBA postseason historical past (together with five-game collection, which had been eliminated in 2003), solely 7.1 p.c of groups have come again to win after being down 2-0 in a collection, per Land of Basketball.
It will even be clever of the Mavericks to be further cautious with their All-NBA star. Kevin Durant rushed again from a strained calf within the 2019 playoffs with the Warriors, leading to a ruptured Achilles and dropping him for the complete subsequent season.
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