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Freshly-named NBA All-Star starter Luka Doncic gingerly walked off the ground with an ankle harm within the first quarter of the Dallas Mavericks sport Thursday evening towards the Phoenix Suns. Per Chris Haynes on the TNT broadcast, an X-ray of Doncic’s left ankle was unfavourable.
Mavericks coach Jason Kidd provided little in the best way of an replace throughout his postgame press convention following the group’s 99-95 highway win.
“He appeared good, appeared fantastic,” Kidd mentioned. “But we’ll see how he feels as we go ahead right here. We’ll have most likely extra info as soon as we get to Utah.” The Mavericks play the Jazz on Saturday evening.
With slightly below 9 minutes to play versus the Suns, Doncic tried to drive to the basket however was lower off by Cameron Johnson and needed to spin again the opposite method. As he did so, he stepped proper on Mikal Bridges’ foot and awkwardly rolled his left ankle. He instantly winced in ache and hobbled again down the ground. After Torrey Craig hit a 3-pointer, the Mavericks referred to as a timeout to get Doncic out of the sport.
He went straight again to the locker room, and whereas he was in a position to get there underneath his personal energy, he was not shifting nicely in any respect and consistently grabbed at his ankle and foot.
Doncic’s ankle has been giving him points for a couple of weeks, and he is popped up on the harm report frequently. However, he is solely missed two video games alongside the best way, one on Jan. 8 vs. the Oklahoma City Thunder and one other on Jan. 15 versus the Portland Trail Blazers.
When Doncic has been on the ground recently, he is carried out to his standard degree; in his final outing previous to Thursday, he put up 41 factors, 15 rebounds and 6 assists on 16 of 29 from the sphere within the Mavericks’ loss to the Washington Wizards. For the season he’s main the league in scoring at 33.8 factors per sport.
Prior to Thursday’s sport, Doncic was named a starter for the 2023 NBA All-Star Game in Salt Lake City subsequent month. This would be the fourth consecutive All-Star look for Doncic, who has made the sport each season since his rookie marketing campaign.
