On December 13, Beijing time, the Lone Ranger officially announced the team's injury list. The team's star, Doncic, was included in the list due to pain in his left ankle. He will miss today's Mavericks vs. Thunder game.
After the Lone Rangers and Pacers game the day before, Doncic said in an interview that he may have sprained his ankle and that he should not have played in the fourth quarter, after all, he was feeling very bad at the time. Doncic played nearly 37 minutes in the game, 11-of-25, 1-of-8 three-pointers, and had 27 points, nine rebounds and nine assists, including him playing the entire fourth quarter. The Lone Ranger eventually lost to the Pacers 106-93.
Journalist Marc Stein, who reported on Doncic's follow-up injuries, said Doncic would miss several games in the future due to a persistent ankle injury. Lone Ranger head coach Kidd confirmed the accuracy of the news, and Doncic will definitely be absent from today's game against the Thunder today, as well as tomorrow's back-to-back challenge to the Hornets. He will re-evaluate ahead of Thursday's game against the Lakers.
It was Doncic's absence this season and the third time in the past month that he missed the game due to an ankle injury. In mid-November, he sprained his ankle in the final quarter of a game against the Nuggets and subsequently missed three games, with the Lone Ranger losing all three games during his absence. In last week's game against the Grizzlies, Doncic once again missed the game due to an injury with a sore ankle, and the Lone Ranger still suffered a defeat that day. At present, the Lone Ranger's record is only 12 wins and 13 losses, and the winning percentage is less than 50%, ranking 8th in the West.
Stein's social media messages have caused netizens to leave messages, saying that Doncic's repeated ankle injuries are inseparable from his increasing weight. Some netizens believe that Doncic's current figure can be seen in the field that his speed is declining, and his flexibility is far less than last season. Everything is a matter of weight. In the game against the Pacers the day before yesterday, Doncic even encountered the embarrassing situation of being shook down by the rookie Duarte on the other side.
This season, Doncic can average 25.6 points, 8 rebounds, 8.5 assists and 1 steal per game, and can shoot 2.7 three-pointers per game, shooting 44.7%, 32.6% and 69.8% respectively. But compared with his performance in the past two seasons, in fact, the data has also declined to varying degrees. His pace on the pitch slowed down, his defensive end became more and more clumsy, and his athleticism was not as good as before. These are all problems that he cannot avoid, problems that need to be solved.
Doncic's fattening is a visible reality, and it can be seen from his face alone that his recent fortune has been very serious, and his body shape has gradually become rounded. According to relevant statistics, Doncic, who is 2 meters 01 tall, has weighed 236 pounds. To know that he weighed only 206 pounds when he entered the league, and in just three years he has gained 30 pounds, which is a very terrible number. He signed a 5-year, 207 million super-salary contract with the team in the offseason this year, hoping that he would not take a big contract and start slacking himself.
(Text/Yuwen Basketball)