The Dallas Mavericks confronted the Denver Nuggets for the second straight sport on Tuesday evening, with the Nuggets taking an enormous 26-point halftime lead after profitable the primary sport on Sunday. A part of constructing that massive lead was the departure of a starter early within the first quarter for the Mavs.
Derek Energetic II rolled his ankle making an attempt to rebound in opposition to Nikola Jokic and left the sport for his regular substitute a couple of minutes later. He would return to the locker room, the place he would nearly instantly be dominated out for the remainder of the sport with a sprained proper ankle.
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Energetic scored 4 factors within the 4 minutes he performed, and Daniel Gafford and Dwight Powell weren’t capable of sustain with DeAndre Jordan, a lot much less Nikola Jokic. Jamal Murray was the primary reason for the massive lead, however Dallas was unable to cease with out Energetic on the court docket.
That is simply one other in a protracted line of accidents for the Mavs this season. They only obtained Kyrie Irving again after a five-game absence with a again damage on this sport, however he was solely capable of keep on the ground for 4 minutes earlier than another person went down. Luka Doncic continues to be out with a calf pressure, Dante Exum hasn’t performed after preseason wrist surgical procedure, nearly everybody has been coping with sickness, Klay Thompson has missed some video games with plantar fascia and Energetic has missed matches resulting from numerous sicknesses. Hopefully that is much like Daniel Gafford’s sprained ankle final week and he does not miss a lot time.
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