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Sources: Mavs' Irving has surgery on torn ACL

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Wednesday, 26 March 2025 17:55

Dallas Mavericks All-Star Kyrie Irving underwent successful surgery to repair his torn left ACL on Wednesday at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, sources told ESPN.

The surgery was performed by Dr. Riley J. Williams, the Chief of Sports Medicine at HSS, per sources. Irving only had an ACL tear in his left knee -- with no damage to any other ligament or the meniscus, sources said.

Irving, 32, sustained the injury late in the first quarter of the Mavericks' 122-98 loss to the Sacramento Kings on March 3.

The injury was a devastating blow to the Mavericks' season, as Irving was the team's best overall player.

Irving, who made his ninth NBA All-Star team in February, was the only NBA player this season averaging at least 20 points, 40% 3-point shooting and 90% from the free throw line. It's the fifth season in his 14-year career in which he has reached or surpassed those averages -- the second most all time, trailing Golden State's Stephen Curry, according to ESPN Research.

Prior to the injury, Irving was averaging 39.3 minutes played over his past 10 games, a stretch that began right after the team dealt co-star Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers. He played the most minutes per game by any player in the NBA from Feb. 4 to March 2.

Irving, who was on pace to be an All-NBA candidate, averaged 24.7 points, 4.8 rebounds and 4.6 assists this season, serving as the Mavericks' best overall player and a leader for the organization. He has a $43.9 million player option for the 2025-26 season, the final year of a three-year, $126 million deal he signed in 2023.

The Mavericks, who have gone 3-8 since Irving's injury, are currently 35-38 on the season as they compete for a Play-In Tournament berth. They had Anthony Davis return to the lineup Monday night for the first time in over six weeks since aggravating an adductor injury, finishing with 12 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, a steal and a block in 26 minutes in Monday's 120-101 victory over the Brooklyn Nets.

Monday's game marked just the second time Davis had taken the court for Dallas since coming to the Mavericks in exchange for Doncic at the start of February.

Davis, already dealing with an abdominal strain at the time of the trade, made his debut in Dallas against the Houston Rockets on Feb. 8 -- playing 31 minutes and scoring 26 points to go along with 16 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 blocks -- before aggravating his injury.

Then, as Davis has sat out for the past six weeks, Dallas has seen a series of players -- from Irving (torn ACL) to Daniel Gafford (knee sprain), Dante Exum (fractured hand) and Caleb Martin (hip strain), among others -- all go down with injuries, often leaving the Mavericks flirting with not having the eight healthy bodies required by league rules to play an NBA game.

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