Point guard Deron Williams has a sports hernia that sidelined him for eight games late in the season and caused him to leave Game 2 in the third quarter.
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After a game coach Rick Carlisle called “one of the most disappointing in franchise history”, the Dallas Mavericks turned the tables on the Oklahoma City Thunder. In the meantime, his Mavericks are fighting to stay in their series with the heavily favored No. 3 seed, Oklahoma City.
Nowitzki, who said he was injured on the first play of game, underwent an MRI exam that revealed the bone bruise and he was relieved that it wasn’t anything more significant.
After losing by 38 points in game 1 against the Oklahoma City Thunder, it felt as if someone had sucker-punched me in the stomach and there was no hope of catching my breath.
“Bad shooting night for me”, Durant said. Coming off the plane, I couldn’t really walk anymore. “There was some swelling (Tuesday), but it’s feeling a lot better, moving around a little bit”. I then would have apologized because that is exactly what happened.
Last night during Game 3 of the Mavericks’ and Thunder’s First Round playoff series, Russell Westbrook blocked Dirk Nowitzki.
Add star Dirk Nowitzki to the long injury list for Dallas in the playoffs. Barea ran after Wednesday’s practice – a good sign – while Williams is trying to fight through an injury that will require offseason surgery. “And we know we’re not going to outrun or outdunk or outskill these guys”. “The idea and the goal is to win a series, not just to win one game”.
Nowitzki is averaging 17.5 points as the only Maverick to reach double digits in both games.
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Raymond Felton came up big with 21 points and a career playoff-high 11 rebounds.
