In the final game against the Spurs, lone ranger star Doncic unfortunately withdrew from the third quarter, and after an MRI examination, it was confirmed that Doncic suffered a left calf strain, and the team did not set a return schedule for him for the time being. According to media reports, Doncic is currently wearing protective boots on his left leg!
Injured in the finale, it may be difficult to find something more unfortunate than this, even more uncomfortable than those who failed to qualify for the playoffs early in the season. After all, it has been a whole season of hard work, just to wait for the arrival of the playoffs, however, just when the whole team is full of confidence, Doncic was accidentally injured, and for Doncic himself, or the lone ranger team, it is undoubtedly a heavy blow.
In fact, Doncic's injury is completely avoidable, and it can even be said that this is completely the responsibility of the coaching staff.
Before this game, the Lone Rangers had locked in the fourth place in the West, at least to ensure that they could have home advantage in the first round, even if they lost the final game, they would not be caught up by the Jazz, so, according to the custom, many teams will arrange the main stars to take a rotation, the purpose is to ensure that there is no accidental injury.
What's more, whether it is the individual honors of MVP, scoring king or assist king, Doncic is not the hottest contender, and cannot fight back one of them through the last game.
However, Kidd did not do so, still making their team's top card appearances, and in this innocuous game, played 28 minutes and 45 seconds until he left the game with an injury.
In contrast, the Nuggets directly suspended the main players such as Jokic, Gordon, Barton and Morris in the game against the Lakers;
The Timberwolves, who have already decided to play the playoffs, have suspended the star Downs;
The Clippers took off stars and main players from George, Morris Jr. and Reggie Jackson;
The Bulls took a break from stars such as DeRozan, Raven and Vucevic;
Philadelphia took the turn off Harden and Embiid, the two giants;
The Heat's main forces such as Butler, Lowry, and Adebayor have a collective truce;
In the finale, almost all the teams that have decided to enter the playoffs or determined the playoff rankings have taken the main rotation, but the lone ranger, they even let Doncic appear in this game, and the third quarter has been played for nearly 29 minutes, almost the rotation of regular season time, which eventually led to this avoidable tragedy.
And such an ending, who is responsible?
Clearly, the coaching staff, and Kidd in particular, bore the brunt. Because of the personnel arrangement, whether to fight or not to fight in the final battle is decided by the head coach. After the game, Kidd also said that his original plan was to arrange for the main players to play the first three quarters so that they could stay in shape and get into the rhythm better in the playoffs.
Such a reason seems to be no problem, but in terms of four or five days of rest, not a whole offseason, as long as these players maintain training for the next few days, it is not a big problem to maintain their form after returning to the game, compared to injury, perhaps with one or two quarters, or even the first game to find the state, the cost is much smaller than the injury.
Therefore, seeing Doncic injured, perhaps Kidd is going to regret it, and such an appearance arrangement also reflects his lack of experience.
And for such a childish move by the coaching staff, Cuban really should have scolded them fiercely, at this critical moment, to make such a big mistake, and even ruined the team's efforts for a whole season.
As a rule of thumb, a grade 1 strain usually takes 7-10 days to recover; a grade 2 strain is 3-6 weeks; and a grade 3 strain is likely to be reimbursed for the regular season, or even the playoffs.
At the moment, if Doncic's injury is more optimistic, just a first-degree strain, then he will miss at least one or two games before the series. As a single-core team, doncic's absence, it will undoubtedly be very difficult for them to beat the Jazz. If the first two home games are lost, doncic will return later, and it will be very difficult to pull back.
What's more, after the hamstring injury, even if the player returns to the field, the player needs a certain amount of time to adapt to recover to 100% state, and even some anxious comebacks will encounter a second injury.
So, Doncic's injury is both a stupid move by the coaching staff and an accident that is likely to ruin the team's efforts throughout the season.