Dallas re-signed Porzingis last summertime to an optimum offer worth $158 million over five seasons.
The 7-foot-3 Porzingis, 25, averaged 20.4 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2.0 blocks in 57 video games during his first season with the Mavericks.
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His knee concern was not pointed out on the Game 4 injury report, but he was scratched minutes prior to tipoff after reporting discomfort. He likewise missed out on Game 5, getting devalued from doubtful to out the early morning of the video game.
Porzingis missed a season and a half after tearing the ACL in his left knee in February 2018 in what ended up being his last video game for the New York Knicks. The Mavs obtained Porzingis in a trade the list below year, combining him with increasing superstar Luka Doncic as the franchise foundations.
With KP
Without
Doncic PPG
27.7
32.5
W-L
1-2
1-1
Doncic Usage
36.7
37.2
Dallas Mavericks huge male Kristaps Porzingis has been eliminated for the rest of the first-round playoff series versus the LA Clippers due to a lateral meniscus tear in his ideal knee, the team announced Friday night.
The teams statement said that “further treatment options are being explored at this time” and that Porzingis suffered the injury throughout the Mavericks Game 1 loss.
Porzingis was listed as questionable for Game 2, when he scored 23 points and got seven rebounds in 36 minutes to help the Mavs win. He had a 34-point, 13-rebound efficiency in 38 minutes in a Game 3 loss.
