The standout rookie went down after taking a knee to the head from Karl-Anthony Towns in Game 3.
to go up 3-0 in the Western Conference finals. It was an impressive win made even more so by Dallas losing standout rookie center Dereck Lively II in the first half to a neck injury.and went down hard. The violence of the impact led everyone to assume Lively suffered a concussion, but the Mavs announced he actually had a neck sprain and was questionable to return to Game 3. He did not step foot on the court again but his teammates pulled it out anyway.
The Mavericks built in a lot of room for error with the Game 3 win so there's no need to rush Lively back. No team in NBA history has come back from a 3-0 deficit. They can afford to play shorthanded and bank on their superstars delivering Dallas to the promised land for the first time since Dirk Nowitzki graced the court while Lively gets healthy in time for the last series of the year.
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