Luka Dončić on injury: There is no word on whether the Slovenian will be ready for the start of the playoffs with the Mavericks
The Dallas Mavericks entered the last match of the regular season against San Antonio Spurs hoping that in the event of a victory and defeat by the Golden State Warriors they could rise to third place in the Western Conference rankings, they did not achieve this, instead they will have to face fourth place in the standings. Utah Jazz in the first round of the playoffs in a difficult series without a guarantee that at least in the first match with his star Slovenian Luka Dončić.
Dončić was injured without contact in the third quarter of the mentioned match against Spurs, another 2:24 minutes before the end, after he jumped for the pass. grabbed his calf with a clear gesture of great pain, the charismatic player did not return to the field after the time-out.
Confirmed diagnosis: left calf deformity
This Monday, what was already reported by various media about the diagnosis of Dončić’s injury, which was load of the left calfaccording to Tim MacMahon from ESPN, but the source who confirmed the diagnosis did not dare to confirm the time of recovery for the Slovene.
As a result, the Mavs are not ready to reveal Dončić’s availability for the first match of the series against Jazz, which will be played next Saturday at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas at 1 p.m. ET.
Dallas did not give up on Doncic
“For some reason, I think he’ll be ready to go,” Mavs defends Jalen Brunson he said. “If I know a competitor who is, I think he’ll be ready. It’s sad, but you can’t keep a competitor like that for long.”
Doncic’s presence is crucial for Dallas, as the Mavs had him on the field without him Regular season record 8-9d, 4-3 at home and 4-6 as guests.