Mavs Upgrade Kyrie Irving's Injury Status Ahead of New Year's Day Matchup vs. Jazz

After missing 12 consecutive games due to a heel contusion, star point guard Kyrie Irving could be ringing in New Year's Day by making his return in the Dallas Mavericks' game against the Utah Jazz.

Dalton Trigg | Dec 31, 2023

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The Dallas Mavericks head into 2024 with a 19-14 record, and star point guard Kyrie Irving could be ringing in the new year by making his much-anticipated return from injury on Monday when his team takes on the Utah Jazz on New Year's Day.

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On the latest official injury report submitted to the NBA by the Mavs, Irving was upgraded from being "doubtful" for Saturday's game against the Golden State Warriors to "questionable" for Monday's game against the Jazz.

For an injury-riddled team that broke even with an 8-8 record in December despite Luka Doncic putting up historic numbers we haven't seen in over 60 years, seeing Irving upgraded on the injury report is a sight for sore eyes. Irving, who suffered a heel contusion in Dallas' game against the Portland Trail Blazers on Dec. 8, has missed 12 consecutive games.

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Even if Irving plays, though, there are other key names on the Mavs' injury report, as Doncic, Dante Exum and Seth Curry are also listed as being "questionable" to play in Utah. Stay tuned to DallasBasketball.com as more injury updates come on Monday.

Published Dec 31, 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.