The Dallas Mavericks franchise even rose to the Western Championship, leading the Minnesota Timberwolves 3-0 in a series game last Monday. But we must follow up on the injury of the dedicated center, Derek Lively, who suffered a sprained neck in an accident while competing.
The game at American Airlines Center was won by the ‘Mavs’ 116-107 points, needing to win just one more game to enter the finals. NBA again from 2011
But the real center may disappear for a while when he is injured and leaves the field in Quarter #2. The moment he fell while trying to grab a defensive rebound. Then bad luck was right. Karl-Anthony Towns, the opposing front court, unintentionally slammed his knee into the neck from behind as his eyes were still on the ball.
The impact caused Lively to lie on the court and monitor his condition for several minutes. Then they were slowly carried into the locker room, but there was no concussion listed until the test results came back.
Lively has been very effective for Dallas this series, as he averaged 8.7 points, 7.4 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 1.1 blocks over 14 playoff games and 1.1 blocks in 22.4 minutes of action.
In the case of a 20-year-old player unable to handle the next game The team must use Daniel Gafford, Dwight Powell and a smaller squad.
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