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Mavs Injury Woes Continue With Kyrie Irving to Miss Extended Time

Irving joins Luka Doncic on the injury list.

Josh Wilson

Irving greets Doncic pregame
Irving greets Doncic pregame / Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images
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Amid a four-game losing streak, the precipitation of bad news is not letting up for the Dallas Mavericks. According to Shams Charania and Tim MacMahon, Kyrie Irving will miss "one to two weeks," with a bulging back disc.

It comes on the heels of star backcourt-mate Luka Dončić leaving with injury on Christmas Day that will keep Dončić out for at least a month. The team has been sore for scoring since the injury, puttijng up 100 or fewer points in three of six contests including Christmas and is now down its two strongest scoring threats.

Klay Thompson, still healthy, ranks third in scoring per game, but is not an isolation threat like the fifth- and seventh-ranked Irving and Dončić, respectively. It will be difficult for him to maintain t he same offensive threat without creators on the floor with him.

With virtually a third of the team's per game scoring evaporating in recent weeks with the two big injuries, it'll no doubt create opportunity for other players on the roster to grab an offensive share.

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JOSH WILSON

Josh Wilson is the news director of the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI in 2024, he worked for FanSided in a variety of roles, most recently as senior managing editor of the brand’s flagship site. He has also served as a general manager of Sportscasting, the sports arm of a start-up sports media company, where he oversaw the site’s editorial and business strategy. Wilson has a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from SUNY Cortland and a master’s in accountancy from the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois. He loves a good nonfiction book and enjoys learning and practicing Polish. Wilson lives in Chicago but was raised in upstate New York. He spent most of his life in the Northeast and briefly lived in Poland, where he ate an unhealthy amount of pastries for six months.

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