Kristaps Porzingis, who missed the previous two playoff series with a right calf strain, is expected to play in Game 1 on Thursday, but stopped short of saying his leg felt 100%.
When the Dallas Mavericks take on the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals on Thursday a familiar face will be on the floor.Kristaps Porzingis, who missed the previous two playoff series with a right calf strain, is expected to play in Game 1 on Thursday."That's the plan right now," he said on Tuesday.Porzingis would not say if his leg was 100 percent when asked."We'll see. Done a lot of work up until this point. Done everything needed to get back into playing shape.
The Mavericks traded for him as he was recovering from a torn ACL.Injuries also hampered his time in Dallas, never playing more than 57 games in a season.Much has been made of the relationship between Porzingis and Mavericks star Luka Dončić after an unceremonious end to Porzingis' Dallas tenure.Former Mavericks player Chandler Parsons went on a show and mentioned that Luka didn't like playing with Porzingis.On Tuesday, Dončić rejected that claim.
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