Another win without Luka

Not playing against a good team, but this offense can be so pretty to watch at times. Just had a 40 point quarter and it seemed like there was some meat left on the bone.

This game is bonkers

Really fun comeback. Would have been nice to cap it off. Hope Luka will be ok.

The Dallas Mavericks are bracing for star Luka Doncic to miss an extended period of time after sustaining a calf strain, sources tell me and @espn_macmahon. Doncic left the arena on crutches today in Dallas. He is expected to undergo an MRI on Thursday. pic.twitter.com/QKRIHfya10

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) December 26, 2024

Sick

Damnit

Need him to just get healthy, but I suspect even when he comes back he will still probably be around 70-80 % the rest of the season.
We have got to hope he starts taking summers off, but seems like these international players are incapable of doing it.

Already no Luka and Lively, then Nani and PJ get ejected for fighting Nurkic.

Who is going to ask the question? I'll start. Are we better without Luka this year? This team is legit good without him. I know he hasn't really been himself but we are so fun to watch without him.

I know our ceiling for playoffs is lower without him. But damn, for regular season games we have such a good squad without him. Ball movement and defense is so much better without him.

We are definitely not better without Luka but we have a group that is ready to ****ing fight and get in the **** when we need to.

We knew that PJ was a dawg and now Naji and they are all in for the run. LFG.

This team's fight is the opposite of our d bag football program

Yea we have a group of dawgs that also have some skill. Great combo to have. I think we will be okay for a month or however long Luka is out for.

We are 7-2 without him and 13-9 with him. I think that goes to show how rough his season has been. Hopefully it's because he's been hobbled and he can come back healthy and improved.

No Luka= manageable
No Luka AND no Lively? That is going to be difficult to overcome if Lively is also out for more than a week. Stats might not always show it, but he is so good. Also helps Gafford to not have to play heavy minutes

zgolfz85 said:

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This team's fight is the opposite of our d bag football program

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I mean, even without Luka this is one of the more talented teams in the NBA. Our starting lineup without him is still top 7-8 in the league IMO. It's not this were some massive underdog with him out like w have been in the past.

mavsfan4ever said:

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Who is going to ask the question? I'll start. Are we better without Luka this year? This team is legit good without him. I know he hasn't really been himself but we are so fun to watch without him.

I know our ceiling for playoffs is lower without him. But damn, for regular season games we have such a good squad without him. Ball movement and defense is so much better without him.

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No

46 from Kyrie and 5 blocks from Gafford. Just not enough without Luka, PJ, d live or naji..had a chance until a bad late turnover from Klay

zgolfz85 said:

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46 from Kyrie and 5 blocks from Gafford. Just not enough without Luka, PJ, d live or naji..had a chance until a bad late turnover from Klay

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70+ points given up in the first half isn't going to get it done.

Freaking Nurkic sabotaged us and made us lose to Portland. Guy is a total bum.

Anyone headed to the lakers game Tuesday

Dallas Mavericks star Kyrie Irving has a bulging disc in his back and is expected to miss at least 1 to 2 weeks, sources tell me and @espn_macmahon. There is optimism that treatment over the coming days will provide a return to play target date. pic.twitter.com/HuNjAadyMi

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) January 6, 2025

Gafford leaves game with ankle sprain

Iowaggie said:

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Gafford leaves game with ankle sprain

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Is this real life? Good grief what a horrible injury run

Brutal slide boys

Looking at the schedule there is a real chance they could even miss the play-in at this point. They have looked awful in games where both Luka and Kyrie are out. Unfortunately that is going to be the case over the next 2 weeks at least.

Luka is probably out until the All Star break. If Kyrie is back in 2 weeks then they could stick in that 6-10 range until Luka returns. At which point they would have a chance to make a push towards 6th post-ASB and should at least make the play-in. But if Kyrie isn't back soon this slide could go to the ASB and potentially not even be salvageable depending on how bad it really gets or how the rest of the West competition is doing during that period

When this team was healthy they looked like a finals contender. Even just a few weeks ago they had climbed to the 2nd seed in the West. Hard to believe it has turned this bad with all the injuries and suspensions.

Yeah I'm highly concerned. Having a herniated disc personally, I don't see that dude getting back in 2 weeks but hope I'm wrong. I really don't want to be in another late season chase like the past couple of years and was warming up to the idea of comfortably being in the top 6, but looks like another year of dramatic finishes unfortunately

There have been multiple times this game Maxi has been wide open for 3, like nobody on the same side of the court as him, and his teammates see him and just don't pass it.

His confidence from 3 is completely shot and his teammates know it. It's really sad to watch.

Good win on the second night of a back to back. Grimes and PJ show.

We needed that baddddd

zgolfz85 said:

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We needed that baddddd

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Yep. Gotta have em however we can get 'em. Each one is going to count for a lot by the end of the year.

Anybody else watching this?

Helluva fight back here

what a run , was 106-99 at 4:33 left.
16-0 run, now up 115-109 with 31 sec left