The German believes that the Mavericks will have problems, especially without the injured Point Guard Kyrie Irving.
Germany’s basketball icon Dirk Nowitzki is skeptical about the chances of his heart’s club in Dalla’s Mavericks in the NBA playoffs.
“If Kyrie (Irving/D. Red) were healthy, everything would be possible. But without Kyrie it would be very difficult to win the two games away. But when Anthony Davis was fit in the few weeks when he played, they hit very good teams. And also to fight into the play-in,” said Nowitzki in the DAZN interview.
In detour to the top?
After the spectacular exchange of long-time Mavericks star Luka Doncic against Anthony Davis with the Los Angeles Lakers at the beginning of the year, the weeks of injury break Davis’ shortly afterwards and finally Dallas’s cruciate ligament rupture of playmaker Irving has had an eventful season. In the west, the Mavericks only ranked tenth in the regular season.
Therefore, the Texans have to make it into the final play-in game on Thursday (4:00 a.m.) with a victory at the Sacramento Kings to secure the last play-off ticket against the Memphis Grizzlies.
However, Nowitzki reminded the 20222/2023 season, in which Miami Heat made it from the play-in to the NBA finals: “That was a long time ago, but it can happen that a team is so welded together and plays really well. But we have to be there.