On April 13, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA playoffs & playoffs will officially start today. The Mavericks, who finished 52-30 in this year's regular season and are 4th in the West, will play the Jazz in the first round and the two teams will compete in G1 at 1 a.m. this Sunday.
Earlier today, the Lone Rangers officially announced the injury to the team's star Doncic, who wrote: "The results of the MRI test confirm that Doncic has a strain on his left calf. Doncic has already begun treatment and has no specific timeline for his comeback. "There's no doubt that this casts a shadow over whether the Lone Rangers can break through the first round of the playoffs, with Doncic missing 17 games this season and the Lone Rangers only 8 wins and 9 losses.
Doncic was injured in an offensive round against the Spurs in the final game of the regular season, after which he went off the field and did not return to the court. He went to the hospital yesterday to check on the injuries, and from the photos posted by the US media, it can be seen that Doncic's left calf has been put on protective boots. According to medical expert Jeff Stotts and others, the average absence time for a calf strain in the average NBA player is 16 days, and if this is also the case with Doncic, it almost means that Doncic is likely to miss the first round of this year's playoffs in its entirety.
It is worth mentioning that in the penultimate game of the season against the Blazers, Doncic once suffered a technical foul, which will lead to him accumulating 16 times to miss the game against the Spurs. However, the Lone Rangers appealed and succeeded, allowing Doncic to play the final game of the regular season. Judging from the current situation, perhaps Doncic's ban at that time was not a bad result.
In the regular season, Doncic averaged 35.4 minutes per game and averaged 28.4 points, 9.1 rebounds, 8.7 assists and 1.2 steals, shooting 45.7% from the field and 35.3% from three-point range. In the first four seasons of his career, Doncic had a total of 6962 points, 2256 rebounds and 2102 assists, becoming the fourth player in history to score 6000+2000+2000 in the first four seasons of his career, the top three being Robertson, Hill and James.