Markkanen grimaced and wiggled his leg after the end of the third period of the match. Despite this, the Suomalaistahtahti played until the end of the match.
Lauri Markkanen represented by the Utah Jazz suffered their third consecutive defeat in the basketball series in the NBA. This time the team lost to the Dallas Mavericks. The final score was 94–106.
Utah’s Finnish star was on the sidelines from the previous match due to a family addition.
Markkanen has been his team’s best scorer from game to game, despite Utah’s poor success. That was also the case today, when the Finn was his team’s best scorer with 19 points, five rebounds and one assist.
Dallas was the scorer of the match Kyrie Irving. He had 30 points, seven rebounds and nine assists in the match.
At the end of the third set, Markkanen seemed to have hurt his leg. He hobbled to the changing bench looking pained. The pain could have been a result of the San Antonio Spurs match, when the Finnish star got hit on his leg. Despite this, Markkanen continued until the end of the match.
Utah is second to last in the Western Conference. The team will next face the Los Angeles Lakers at home early Monday morning Finnish time.
The story is updated.