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Kidd said increased playing time had nothing to do with Irving’s injury

Official Site of the Mavs | March 6, 2025

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MILWAUKEE – Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd took exception to any perceived connections that the reason guard Kyrie Irving tore the

anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during Monday’s game against the Sacramento Kings is because Kidd had been playing him too many minutes lately.

“The truth to that question is so far false or being misrepresented in a sense of the load didn’t have anything to do with the injury,” Kidd said prior to Wednesday’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks. “We’re talking about one play. Not many plays before that.

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