Luka Doncic Eligible For Nba's Postseason Awards After League, Nbapa Rule In His Favor

Lakers defender Luka Doncic will beryllium eligible for postseason awards aft nan NBA and NBA Players Association announced Thursday they ruled successful his favour connected his bonzer circumstances entreaty of nan 65-game rule.

Doncic, a starring campaigner for astir valuable subordinate and a fastener for his sixth All-NBA team, played successful only 64 games earlier he suffered a regular-season ending near hamstring injury connected April 2. The league’s latest corporate bargaining statement requires players to look successful astatine slightest 65 games to beryllium eligible for postseason awards, but Doncic and Detroit Pistons prima Cade Cunningham some won appeals nether nan CBA’s bonzer circumstances provision.

Doncic missed 2 games successful December to be nan commencement of his girl successful Slovenia and Cunningham, whose profession play led nan Pistons to nan No. 1 seed successful nan Eastern Conference, missed 12 games because of a collapsed lung suffered connected March 17.

Doncic earned his 2nd convention scoring title this play pinch 33.5 points per game. He surged backmost into nan astir valuable subordinate title pinch a magical March erstwhile he was conscionable nan 2nd subordinate to people 600 points successful March, joining Michael Jordan. He had 4 consecutive games of 40 aliases much points and 12 of 30 aliases much earlier injuring his hamstring connected April 2. He and defender Austin Reaves (oblique) are retired indefinitely arsenic nan Lakers statesman nan playoffs Saturday against nan Houston Rockets.