On April 20, Beijing time, the lone ranger has good news, according to the famous Shams report, Doncic may return in the series G3 or G4, his calf injury is improving, and the next two days of training will determine the time of his comeback; in other words, Doncic may return to the field when visiting Salt Lake City.
Since the calf strain, Doncic has been recuperating for 9 days, due to injury consecutive missing series G1 and G2, the Lone Ranger lost the jazz in the first game, brunson slashed 41 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists in the second game, helping the Lone Ranger reverse the victory, the current big score between the two teams is 1-1; now Doncic's injury is better, yesterday when the G2 warm-up before the game, Doncic conducted shooting training.
Another note, Tim Mac Mahon, reported that Doncic is unsure if he can return at G3 and will be under daily observation. According to the schedule, the Mavericks will play G3 with the Jazz at 9am Beijing time on April 22 and G4 at 4:30 am on April 24.
For Doncic's comeback, medical expert Evan Jeffrres tweeted: Doncic may return from G3 or G4, and need to test the calf before the game without pain to come back, and the biggest worry is that Doncic may be injured again in his early comeback.
This season, Doncic averaged 28.4 points, 9.1 rebounds and 8.7 assists per game, he is the core leader of the Lone Rangers, and it remains to be seen when Luca will return and whether the Lone Rangers can break the spell of the first round.