The Dallas Mavericks have been dealt an early season setback concerning star participant Luka Doncic.
The workforce will likely be with out their five-time All-Star for at the least one week because of a proper wrist pressure, sources confirmed to ESPN and Shams Charania.
Doncic suffered the damage within the workforce’s win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday. The workforce mentioned he could be reevaluated in per week, which might see him miss the Mavericks upcoming video games towards the Denver Nuggets, Miami Warmth, Atlanta Hawks and New York Knicks.
Whereas the Mavericks are solely off to an 8-7 begin, Doncic has been sensational as ordinary. Doncic is averaging 28.1 factors, 7.6 rebounds and seven.6 assists. Regardless that his capturing proportion (43.5 %) is down from 48.7 % a season in the past and his three-point capturing proportion of 32.4 % is worse than the 38.2 % he shot within the 2023-24 season, Doncic continues to be enjoying at an especially excessive degree.
Doncic beforehand missed Sunday’s recreation towards the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder with a proper knee bruise along with battling his present challenge on Tuesday night time.
With their star participant out of motion in the intervening time, Dallas will look elsewhere for its manufacturing. Whereas Doncic leads the workforce in factors per recreation (28.1), assists (7.6) and steals (1.6), Kyrie Irving (24.3 PPG) and Klay Thompson (14 PPG) are greater than able to taking up a recreation.
P.J. Washington leads the workforce with 8.1 rebounds per recreation, giving the Mavericks a drive beneath the basket. In Doncic’s absence towards the Thunder, Washington recorded 27 factors and 17 rebounds.
The Mavericks have loads of expertise on their roster, however dropping Doncic for at the least per week will problem this workforce because it seems to be to enhance on a middling 8-7 begin to the season with out their finest participant on the courtroom.
