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Dallas ends 12-day, 16,500-mile trip to Abu Dhabi and Spain with a loss to Real Madrid, with Doncic limited to 4:43 of court time.
That unfortunate development did not lessen Madrid’s embrace of Doncic, who scored nine points and was all smiles throughout what turned out to be a 127-123 comeback victory by his ex-team, Real Madrid, over his current one, the Mavericks.Doncic told reporters afterward that his injury is “nothing serious.” If indeed it is serious, the Mavericks certainly wouldn’t have risked playing Doncic at all.
League collective bargaining rules mandate that teams that play overseas be given three days of rest upon returning to the United States, which is part of why Dallas and Minnesota were able to begin training camp a week earlier than most teams. Mavericks fans also no doubt recall that Doncic strained his left calf in the final regular season game of 2021-22, against San Antonio, and missed the first three games of Dallas’ first-round playoff series against Utah.
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