Luka Doncic leaves game due to thigh injury

CBS NBA @CBSSportsNBA
Mavericks’ Luka Doncic to get MRI after exiting loss to Pelicans with left thigh strain
cbssports.com/nba/news/maver… – 12:58 AM

Jake Madison @NOLAJake
CJ McCollum shows accountability for the Pelicans as he dominates Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavs
https://t.co/SQ7noAPVHF pic.twitter.com/9IWYlUETZ9 – 12:17 AM

Callie Caplan @CallieCaplan
Luka Doncic’s update on his thigh injury after Mavs’ loss to Pelicans: “It’s not good.”
dallasnews.com/sports/maveric… – 11:28 PM

Jake Madison @NOLAJake
Pro tip if you putting out any content after this Pels win…put Luka Doncic in the title. Like a damn cheat code for views – 11:27 PM

Jake Madison @NOLAJake
CJ McCollum DOMINATES 4th quarter of Pelicans win over Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks
youtube.com/c/lockedonpeli… pic.twitter.com/uKw36HJt9U – 11:27 PM

Jim Eichenhofer @Jim_Eichenhofer
#Pelicans held Mavs to their fewest points (106) since they had 100 at Utah on Jan. 28. You could tell Luka Doncic was struggling physically, but he and Kyrie were held to 14/38 shooting from field. Dyson Daniels: “Our game plan was to wear them down, make it tough on them.” – 11:16 PM

Eddie Sefko @ESefko
Luka Doncic is scheduled to have an MRI on Thursday that will tell more about his sore left thigh. Here’s what he and Jason Kidd had to say about the injury and the 113-106 loss to New Orleans.
mavs.com/mavs-lose-at-n… – 11:00 PM

Callie Caplan @CallieCaplan
Luka Doncic when I first asked how his left thigh strain was feeling: “It’s not good.”
Said he will undergo an MRI tomorrow to determine if and how long he might be out: “It’s been going for a week, maybe more. Just can’t really push how I like.” – 10:45 PM

Andrew Lopez @_Andrew_Lopez
Luka Doncic said the plan is to get an MRI tomorrow on his left thigh strain.
Asked immediately after the game how he was feeling and said “not good.”
Was favoring the left leg slightly as he walked in for media. Said everyone will know more tomorrow after he gets imaging done. – 10:34 PM

Chuck Cooperstein @coopmavs
Sometimes you get (as Kyrie and Luka often demonstrate. Sometimes you get got. That was one heckuva clutch shooting show by McCollum to single handedly hold off the Mavs. 13 straight points for NO after Mavs had closed to within 3 – 10:28 PM

Callie Caplan @CallieCaplan
Jason Kidd didn’t have an update before Luka Doncic (left thigh strain) will do interview tonight, but “I think we all can see he’s not moving well, so shooting, defensive, it’s affecting everything. He’s trying to fight through it and help his teammates, but he had to leave.” – 10:23 PM

Andrew Lopez @_Andrew_Lopez
Jason Kidd: “I think we can all see he’s not moving well.”
Says Luka Doncic was trying to fight through the injury to help his teammates. Hopes injury isn’t serious.
Mavs have two days off before playing Memphis on Saturday. – 10:09 PM

Christian Clark @cclark_13
Final: Pelicans 113, Mavericks 106
CJ McCollum scored 16 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter.
Luka with 15 points on 4-of-14 shooting.
Pelicans pick up their second win post-ASB. – 10:00 PM

Tim Cato @tim_cato
this run makes it even more bizarre to me that luka ever played tonight. they probably had — have!? — a better chance winning without him than being THAT limited out there. – 9:51 PM

Andrew Lopez @_Andrew_Lopez
Pelicans led by as many as 19 in the third quarter and took an 18-point lead into the fourth.
Mavs’ 10-0 run now has cut the lead to 97-92 with 5:05 to go in this one.
Pelicans without Brandon Ingram.
Mavericks without Luka Doncic. – 9:43 PM

Will Guillory @WillGuillory
End of 3rd quarter: Pelicans 83, Mavs 65
McCollum 16 pts, 5 rebs, 5 assts
Jones 14 pts
Murphy 11 pts
Brandon Ingram and Luka Doncic are both out for the rest of the night. Mavs are on the 2nd night of a B2B. Feels like it won’t take much to get Dallas to wave the white flag. – 9:24 PM

StatMuse @statmuse
Most 25p/10a games in the last 5 season:
93 — Trae
74 — Luka
70 — Harden
Nobody else has more than 50. pic.twitter.com/jEJrwjzDZU – 9:24 PM

Callie Caplan @CallieCaplan
Bad game gets worse for the Mavs: Luka Doncic (left thigh strain) will not return tonight vs. Pelicans, per the Mavs. – 9:21 PM

Jim Eichenhofer @Jim_Eichenhofer
Luka Doncic (left thigh strain) will not return to game vs. #Pelicans – 9:19 PM

Chris Haynes @ChrisBHaynes
Dallas Mavericks say Luka Dončić (left thigh strain) will not return tonight against the New Orleans Pelicans. – 9:18 PM

Tim MacMahon @espn_macmahon
Luka Doncic (left thigh strain) will not return tonight, Mavs announce. – 9:18 PM

Andrew Lopez @_Andrew_Lopez
Luka Doncic just checked out and is headed to locker room.
He has not looked like himself in the second half. – 9:16 PM

NBA on ESPN @ESPNNBA
Luka playing through the pain. pic.twitter.com/55H7WYNKNF – 9:14 PM

Brad Townsend @townbrad
Surprised that if Doncic is going to stay in that Irving hasn’t taken the point position and have Doncic play off the ball. – 9:07 PM

Chuck Cooperstein @coopmavs
A brutal 1st half for Mavs as they shoot just 37% and 3-18 fro 3pt as they trail NO 59-43. Pels a 15-2 run at end of 1st and start of 2nd and a 10-2 run to end the half. Texas ex Jaxson Hayes w/12 all in 2nd qtr to lead NO. Luka w/12 but just 3-12 FG. 2nd half soon @971TheFreak – 8:48 PM

Andrew Lopez @_Andrew_Lopez
HALF: Pels 59, Mavs 43
– Tied for biggest 2Q differential for Pels all year (+16)
– Ingram: 12p, 5a, 4r (left game late in 2Q)
– CJ: 13p, 4r, 3a
– Jaxson: 12p, 2r, 5/5 FG
Pels: 51.1 FG%, 5/13 3P, 6/6 FT
Mavs: 37.0 FG%, 3/18 3P, 6/10 FT
– Luka: 12p, 6a, 3r
– Kyrie: 4p, 2r, 2a – 8:43 PM

Brad Townsend @townbrad
On second night of B2B, blah first half by Dallas: Pels 59, Mavs 43.
Doncic only able to play at three-quarter speed, slow even for him. Not sure it’s in his or Mavs’ best interest for him to keep gutting this thing out. – 8:43 PM

Callie Caplan @CallieCaplan
The Pelicans have outscored the Mavs 22-6 in 9 mins since Luka Doncic’s technical foul. – 8:21 PM

Will Guillory @WillGuillory
End of the 1st: Pelicans 24, Mavs 24
Ingram 8 pts, 3 rebs, 3 assts
Murphy 5 pts, 2 blks
Jones 4 pts, 3 rebs
Doncic 10 pts, 4 assts
Irving 0 pts (0-2 FG) – 8:13 PM

Will Guillory @WillGuillory
Pels doing a better job of forcing the ball out of Luka’s hands on some of these drives. – 8:11 PM

Callie Caplan @CallieCaplan
Reminder: The NBA rescinded Luka Doncic’s technical foul Dec. 12 vs. OKC, so the count remains at 15, even though he’s gotten 16 total whistles.
Full breakdown on why Luka’s tech pace is a bigger concern for Mavericks this season: dallasnews.com/sports/maveric… – 8:04 PM

Oleh Kosel @OlehKosel
Following another Trey Murphy slam, the Pelicans have tied things up at 20 apiece. Crowd is awake and Luke Doncic has already picked up a technical foul, courtesy of everyone’s fav Scott Foster. – 8:03 PM

Rob Perez @WorldWideWob
dont know if twitter allows you to upload videos this long but a compilation of the three seconds after Luka Doncic realizes he’s been T’d up would be cinema. – 8:03 PM

Eddie Sefko @ESefko
Luka just picked up a technical foul with 4:51 left in the first quarter. He’s now one away from the mandatory one-game suspension. Good behavior from here on, unless the Mavericks have a scheduled rest day on the horizon somewhere. – 8:01 PM

Jake Madison @NOLAJake
Luka getting a tech for complaining to the refs for not getting an And 1 pic.twitter.com/m8JOMDwVas – 8:01 PM

Jim Eichenhofer @Jim_Eichenhofer
Herb Jones has been picking up Luka Doncic way up the floor defensively, making him work to get into Dallas’ offense, but once in the halfcourt, Doncic is operating (3 ast, a couple other potential negated by fouls) – 7:54 PM

Brad Townsend @townbrad
Doncic clearly in discomfort. – 7:51 PM

Eddie Sefko @ESefko
And that foul on the jump ball comes back to haunt Valanciunas as he hacks Luka and is sent to the sideline 100 seconds into the game with two fouls. – 7:50 PM

Mark Followill @MFollowill
For Mavs at Pelicans, starters for Dallas are Luka, Kyrie, Josh Green, Dwight Powell, and Tim Hardaway Jr. (due to Bullock’s injury). Mavs Live is on now. Harp and I are live from New Orleans at 630 on BSSW, with tipoff at 6:45. – 7:12 PM

Chuck Cooperstein @coopmavs
Mavs starters: Hardaway, Green, Powell, Irving, Doncic
NO starters: Murphy, Ingram, Valenciunas, Jones, McCollum
6:45 tip @971TheFreak – 7:07 PM

Callie Caplan @CallieCaplan
A lot gets monotonous during an 82-game NBA season, but watching young kids’ awestruck reactions after interacting with Luka Doncic never does. pic.twitter.com/TRnD0VrGWL – 6:53 PM

StatMuse @statmuse
Leaders this season:
30-point games — Luka
40-point games — Dame
50-point games — Luka
10-assist games — Hali, Trae, Jokic
15-assist games — Harden
20-assist games — Harden
10-rebound games — Sabonis
15-rebound games — AD
20-rebound games — Gobert pic.twitter.com/3Xmm4JEnn5 – 6:52 PM

Rob Perez @WorldWideWob
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StatMuse @statmuse
Luka and Embiid are both averaging over 33 PPG this season.
The first time multiple players have averaged 33+ PPG in a season since Kobe and Iverson in 2006. pic.twitter.com/ymk8NwNGjr – 12:10 PM

StatMuse @statmuse
Giddey this season:
16.3 PPG
7.8 RPG
6.2 APG
Joins LeBron, Magic and Luka as the only 20-year-olds to average those numbers in a season. pic.twitter.com/XnlyJEfahe – 8:29 AM

Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet
Luka Doncic (29pts) vs. Lauri Markkanen (33pts)
Bucks secure win without Giannis Antetokounmpo
Kristaps Porzingis (24pts) and more #EuroWatch
#NBA
eurohoops.net/en/nba-news/14… – 4:16 AM

Mark Followill @MFollowill
Was like an All-Star break for us on the broadcast. Missed being with the MFFL the last two games, nice to have some great Kyrie (33 pts) and Luka (29 pts) highlights to call and share from the win over the Utah Jazz. pic.twitter.com/cveO7CDBpJ – 1:51 AM

Chris Palmer @ChrisPalmerNBA
Josh Giddey is the youngest player in NBA history with individual games of 17 points, 17 rebounds, 17 assists at 20 years & 148 days. Previous was Luka (20-321). Magic was 21. LeBron was 32 before pulling the feat. – 12:23 AM

Eric Walden @tribjazz
FINAL: Mavericks 120, Jazz 116. Utah finally got the tank started after the engine wouldn’t turn over most of the game. That foul call on Dunn vs. Irving proved crucial. Markkanen 33p/6r. THT 21p/6r/4a. Dunn 11p/8r/5a. For Dallas, Irving 33p/6r/8a, Doncic 29p/10r/6a. Jazz 31-35. – 10:59 PM

StatMuse @statmuse
Most triple-doubles before turning 21 years old:
21 — Luka Doncic
7 — Magic Johnson, Josh Giddey pic.twitter.com/HhRX304CRU – 10:34 PM

Tony Jones @Tjonesonthenba
No Luka for the first seven minutes of the fourth? – 10:33 PM

StatMuse @statmuse
Josh Giddey tonight:
17 PTS
11 REB
17 AST
Only Luka has more triple-doubles before turning 21 years old. pic.twitter.com/Ku3qIY1S8m – 10:33 PM

Andy Larsen @andyblarsen
Jazz down 87-86 after 3Q. Mavs still can’t get separation. Markkanen has 26 points, Luka 29. – 10:18 PM

Eric Walden @tribjazz
End 3Q: Mavs 87, Jazz 86. Doncic had 11p in the period and is up to 29 for the game. And just when I thought Kris Dunn was having his first quiet game for Utah, I look up and he’s got 11p/6r/5a/1s — including a late dime to Damian Jones for a 3. – 10:18 PM

Ben Anderson @BensHoops
Damian Jones is the Luka stopper the league has been looking for. – 10:10 PM

Ben Anderson @BensHoops
This is a great steal!
Perfect timing, knows Luka doesn’t know where he is, and just takes it away from him.
pic.twitter.com/Q5yXec4Ucp – 9:40 PM

Tim Cato @tim_cato
it’s always amusing when luka’s playing poorly by his standards — and he is, by the way, and has been for a bit now — and you look at the box score and it says he has 18/6/3 on 50% shooting in 17 minutes – 9:38 PM

Eric Walden @tribjazz
HALFTIME: Jazz 59, Mavericks 59. Utah closes 1H on a 22-8 run over the final 8:33. Markkanen leads all scorers with 19p on 8-13/3-6 shooting, plus 6r. ForDallas, Doncic has 18p/6r/3a, THJ 16p on 5-6 from 3, Irving 14p/3r/3a. – 9:37 PM

Tony Jones @Tjonesonthenba
The Jazz and Mavericks are tied at 59-59 at halftime. Lauri Markkanen with 19. Doncic with 18. – 9:34 PM