Luka Doncic only knew that his left thigh was in too much pain for him to be effective. He did not know why he was hurting or how he injured himself.
NEW ORLEANS — Luka Doncic only knew that his left thigh was in too much pain for him to be effective.“I could barely run,” Doncic said after the Dallas Mavericks’ 113-106 loss in New Orleans on Wednesday night.At that point, he’d scored 15 points on 4-of-14 shooting.He could not pinpoint when it happened, only that he noticed it when he woke up the day after a game.Luka Doncic grimaces after making a pass during the Mavericks’ 113-106 loss to the Pelicans. He later left with a thigh injury.
After the loss to New Orleans, the Mavericks were 34-33 and narrowly in the Western Conference playoff picture. Doncic has been trying to play through the injury and had been productive recently, scoring 42 in a victory over Philadelphia, 34 in a loss to Phoenix and 29 in a triumph over Utah on Tuesday night.“We all can see he’s not moving well. So, shooting, defense, it’s affecting everything,” Mavericks coach Jason Kidd said. “He’s trying to fight through it and help his teammates, but he had to leave there, and hopefully it’s not something serious.
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