Should the Dallas Mavericks play guard Luka Doncic in Saturday’s Game 4 in opposition to the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City? The Mavs have a 2-1 collection lead whereas Doncic has been out with a calf harm. More relaxation could be the smarter transfer, but when he’s wholesome sufficient to play, why not play him?
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Will Luka Doncic play in Game 4 Saturday afternoon in opposition to the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City?
We nonetheless don’t know. We’ll possible know a number of hours earlier than the 3:30 p.m. tip-off. The recreation will air on each Bally Sports Southwest for many who have it, and on TNT.
The looming query, nonetheless, is ought to Doncic play in Game 4? The Mavs took a 2-1 collection lead with a dominating win in Salt Lake City on Thursday, nonetheless with out their celebrity guard, who has been sideline with a calf pressure for the reason that final recreation of the common season.
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Doncic final performed April 10. With a collection lead, maybe the Mavs will elect to maintain him out one other recreation, particularly if he’s nonetheless coping with vital ache within the calf. Game 5 is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. Monday at American Airlines Center. Maybe Mavs brass would favor to have Doncic return to motion after two full weeks of relaxation and rehab on the calf. And perhaps they like the concept of getting Doncic make his return to the court docket on a pleasant ground?
The flip aspect of the talk says if he’s wholesome sufficient to play, he performs. He’s one of many beat basketball gamers on the planet. Your group is best (mild years higher) with him on the ground. And if he can’t injure his calf worse (or overcompensate and injure one other a part of his physique), why not put him on the market even when he’s solely at 85%?
Stefan Stevenson has been masking sports activities for the Star-Telegram since 1997. He spent 5 years masking TCU athletics, which included two BCS bowls, two journeys to the school World Series and the transfer to the Big 12. He has lined the Texas Rangers since 2014 and began reporting on the Dallas Cowboys in 2016.
