Dereck Lively II's status is uncertain, but the Mavericks' other Duke basketball product thrived again in crunch time.
Thanks to 33 points apiece from the hands of co-stars Luka Doncic and former Duke basketball guard Kyrie Irving on Sunday night, the Dallas Mavericks defeated the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves, 116-107, taking a 3-0 lead in the series and moving to within one win of the franchise's first NBA Finals appearance since its 2011 title.big man, 2022-23 one-and-done Dereck Lively II sustained an inadvertent knee to the back of his head in the second quarter and did not return.
As one can see in the video below, after attempting to block a shot, Lively fell backward into the knee of Minnesota's Karl-Anthony Towns, who was already on his way up to compete for the rebound.
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