Mavs BREAKING: Luka Doncic Leaves Game vs. Suns with Ankle Injury

Just when you thought things couldn't get any worse for the Dallas Mavericks, down goes Luka Doncic with an ankle injury against the Phoenix Suns.

Dalton Trigg | Jan 26, 2023

When it rains, it pours for the Dallas Mavericks this season.

Just as they started to get healthier with the return of Josh Green and Dorian Finney-Smith, down went Christian Wood with a fractured left thumb last week. And now, things have gotten even worse, as MVP candidate and four-time All-Star Luka Doncic went down with an ankle injury in the first quarter of the Mavs' Thursday night matchup with the Phoenix Suns.

X-rays on Doncic's ankle are reported to have been negative, but he is not expected to return to the game. For a team that is barely clinging to an above-.500 record and a playoff spot, this would be a massive blow.

If Doncic is going to miss extended time, the Mavs might want to consider selling between now and the trade deadline in two weeks, setting their focus on the 2023 NBA Draft. Dallas is 0-5 without Doncic so far this season.

Coming into Thursday's game, Doncic was averaging 33.8 points, 9.1 rebonds and 8.6 assists. Due to his untimely injury, Doncic will no longer be the league's leading scorer heading into the weekend, as Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid will pass him for now.

Stay tuned to DallasBasketball.com for further updates on Doncic's injury status and the game vs. Phoenix.

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Published Jan 26, 2023

DALTON TRIGG

Dalton Trigg is the Editor-In-Chief for Dallas Basketball, as well as the Executive Editor overseeing Inside The Rockets, Inside The Spurs, All Knicks, and The Magic Insider. He is the founder and host for the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which is a proud part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. After spending a few years with multiple Dallas Mavericks-related blogs, including SB Nation’s Mavs Moneyball, Trigg joined DallasBasketball.com as a staff writer in 2018 and never looked back. At the start of 2022, he was promoted to the EIC title he holds now. Through the years, Trigg has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, Mavs GM Nico Harrison, now-retired legend Dirk Nowitzki and many other current/former players and team staffers. Many of those interviews and other articles by Trigg have been aggregated by other well-known sports media websites, such as Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and others. You can find Trigg on all major social media channels, but his most prevalent platform is on Twitter. Whether it’s posting links to his DBcom work, live-tweeting Mavs games or merely giving his opinions on things going on with Dallas and the rest of the NBA, the daily content never stops rolling. For any inquiries, please email Dalton@MavsStepBack.com.