Hasn't... Mitchell won more playoff series than Luka? I get that Luka is a helluva player. But people are making it sound like he's won championships already. Correct me if I'm wrong, but he hasn't made it past the 2nd round either, right? Didn't Luka and the Mavs also blow a big lead to the Clippers last year? I get that we really screwed the pooch last year. But we also didn't have a healthy backcourt. What was Dallas's excuse? They had a 3-2 lead and blew the series.
Man I would hate to add some nuance... but I'm sure you have all the facts... like that Luka is 23 years old and how he took a fully healthy clippers team to 7 games last year with playoff Kawhi going for 32+ per game. Also that Luka's current roster is better and he's also better now. I mean he only went for 36/10/8 in that series and in the closing game he had 46 and 14.
The soft tissue injuries are different though... if you have an ankle or knee you can immobilize it and shouldn't do too much more damage... if they shoot him up and send him out he could have a tear or worse. KD's injury was a calf injury originally too. Just depends on severity of course... neither end of the spectrum would surprise me on this injury. We definitely caught a break.
If we get game 2 on Monday they are in real trouble here. They need every day they can get.
If we get the playoff Donovan we have seen the last two years then I think we will be okay regardless of Luka. What I have seen from this team this season just gives me no confidence that player comes out... pressure has been a horrible thing for this squad and the playoffs are a pressure cooker.
Its a limited curse on his basketball teams.
