HOUSTON – Luka Doncic will miss at least the next six games, coach Rick Carlisle said before Friday’s game against the Rockets, but the outlook remains good for him to be able to fulfill his All-Star Weekend obligations.
Doncic suffered a sprained right ankle in Thursday’s practice. That diagnosis was confirmed Friday when he received an MRI exam.
Carlisle said it’s a slightly different injury to his right ankle than the one that kept Doncic out four games in December. Those four games came over a nine-day span.
The NBA schedule-maker did the Mavericks no favors with the timing of this injury.