Luka Doncic Out, Kyrie Irving Questionable vs LA Clippers

The Mavericks are already going to be shorthanded tonight with out Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving may be inactive with shoulder soreness. See right here for a full damage report for the Clippers vs Mavericks.

Will Luka Doncic & Kyrie Irving Play vs Clippers?

Luka Doncic has already been dominated out of Thursday evening’s recreation however this comes as no shock, with the 5 time All-Star not working towards on Tuesday or Wednesday.

Doncic is combating a left heel contusion that prevented him from taking part in this week and the Clippers recreation shall be simply the sixth recreation he has missed all 12 months.

Within the six video games with out Doncic, Dallas has nonetheless carried out effectively and so they have solely misplaced one with out their high factors scorer on the court docket.

🔸 Warriors 3-1 with out Steph Curry
🔸 Mavericks 5-1 with out Luka Doncic
🔸 Grizzlies 6-4 with out Ja Morant
🔸 Magic 11-5 with out Paolo Banchero

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In fact in Doncic’s absence it’s normally Kyrie Irving who takes over because the workforce’s chief, however the eight time All-Star is formally questionable for Thursday.

With Irving’s shoulder soreness the only motive that he could not play, it appears possible he’ll push via the ache in Luka’s absence and paved the way towards the Clippers.

Though he additionally didn’t observe on Tuesday, Irving was current at observe on Wednesday and the Mavericks predict him to be accessible.

Kyrie is averaging 23.9 factors per recreation this season, his lowest since he was in Boston in 2019. There’s after all loads of the season left to go and Irving received’t thoughts his scoring taking a dip with the Mavs 17-9 for the season.

Regardless of their spectacular document this 12 months, the Mavericks are nonetheless solely pretty much as good as fourth within the West with the Thunder, Grizzlies and Rockets all in a greater place.