When Kristaps Pozingis suffered a lateral meniscus tear in Game 1 of the playoffs, there was no moment where Mavericks fans collectively held their breath. There was no collapse on the court, an appearance of agony, or a wide-spread deliverance of well-wishes via social media. When Porzingis suffered his lateral meniscus tear, no one knew, maybe not even himself.
Porzingis would go on to play the next two games of the Mavericks first-round matchup against the LA Clippers. The discomfort of the injury later snuck up on him and benched him for the remaining three games.
The Mavericks training staff spent the off-season monitoring Porzingis’s progress with the injury.