Dallas Mavericks forward Maxi Kleber suffers full dislocation of AC joint in right shoulder, potentially missing remainder of the postseason.
against the Los Angeles Clippers when Amir Coffey fouled him about a minute into the second quarter. He went down hard, attempted to shoot his free throws, and eventually left the game, not returning.During his postgame interview, Mavericks coach Jason Kidd wasn't aware of the severity of Kleber's injury, but emphasized the need to continue to embrace a"next man up" mentality.
"Maxi's role doesn't change," Mavericks coach Jason Kidd said."He's out there to help defensively and on the offensive end to spread the floor and knock down open threes or make a play for a teammate." "Amazing, man," Doncic said of Kleber's play in Game 5."I think we created a lot of open shots. And Maxi knocking down three in a row, that helped. The whole team, the energy, the bench was into the game. He was very big today. Big shots."
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