Luka Doncic’s injury status for Mavericks-Nuggets

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The Dallas Mavericks have won three straight games to improve their overall record to 8-7 on the season. While this isn’t the early season record Dallas expected after reaching the NBA Finals, things have been trending up lately.

This recent turnaround for Dallas has been aided by the strong play of Kyrie Irving, who has been one of the most efficient volume scorers in the NBA this season. While the same can’t be said for Luka Doncic, who has started the season shooting his second-worst career mark from the field, the star guard had his most efficient game of the season on Tuesday.

Not long after Doncic put up 26 points on 10/16 shooting vs. Pelicans, the Mavericks announced he would be sidelined for a while with a sprained right wrist.

Via Mavs PR: “The Dallas Mavericks announced today that an MRI scan revealed a sprained right wrist for guard Luka Dončić. Dončić suffered the injury during the Mavericks’ game against New Orleans on Tuesday. Dončić will be reevaluated in a week.”

This injury will keep Doncic out when the Mavericks face the Denver Nuggets on Friday night. With Nikola Jokic listed as questionable due to personal reasons, there is a chance that both he and Doncic are out for this game.

The Western Conference standings are as competitive as ever, with the 8-5 Nuggets holding a one-game lead over Dallas entering play on Friday. Every game on the NBA schedule is important, but especially conference games like this one.

For Dallas, they need Irving to continue his strong play. Averaging 24.3 points on the season, Irving has shot 54.5% from the field and 53.8% from three-point range.

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