Dallas Mavericks Game 5 Injury Report vs. LA Clippers:

Luka Doncic - probable (right knee sprain)
Tim Hardaway Jr. - out (right ankle sprain)
Olivier-Maxence Prosper - out (left ankle sprain)

Dallas Mavericks wing Tim Hardaway Jr. (right ankle sprain) has been downgraded to out for Game 5 against the LA Clippers.

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The latest on Luka Doncic's knee injury before the Dallas Mavericks head to Los Angeles to play Game 5 against the Clippers: si.com/nba/mavericks/…

Tim Hardaway Jr. was participating in 5-on-5 with the low minutes players but left the court after what appeared to be him tweaking his ankle.

Jason Kidd described it as a “setback” but Hardaway will be evaluated and is considered questionable for Game 5.

Luka Doncic has a sprained knee but the Dallas Mavericks will consider him probable to play Game 5 against the LA Clippers.

Jason Kidd says Doncic did “everything” during Tuesday’s practice.

Luka Doncic was shooting free throws during the viewing portion of today's Dallas Mavericks practice. He's dealt with right knee soreness during the playoffs but had a new look with tape on his right leg.

The Dallas Mavericks enter Game 5 in Los Angeles in a 2-2 series tie. Kyrie Irving remains highly confident about their outlook.

Irving: 'I’m not thinking about stealing a game. I’m thinking about winning a game and finishing out the series.”

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The Dallas Mavericks trailed by as many as 31 points against an LA Clippers squad playing without Kawhi Leonard, tying the series 2-2.

Kyrie Irving: 'When Kawhi is not in the lineup, you can see they are different players to a certain degree.'

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Jason Kidd on James Harden's success with floaters to close out the game: 'Living with 2s in this league doesn’t hurt you, but 3s kill you – and 3s killed us this afternoon. We’ve got to be better. When Harden is taking 2s, it’s better than him shooting the 3. Understanding what

Jason Kidd on deploying small ball personnel for most of the fourth quarter: “Offensively, we needed to space the floor. Maxi did a really good job there. Understanding the options we have of being able to play Maxi, being able to stretch the floor was the option we went with.'

Jason Kidd praises Kyrie Irving's impact: 'If he didn’t get going, that game would have been over in the first. For him to be able to get going in the second got us back. We just talked about if we can get it within 15 there going before halftime, and we got it 17. I told the

Jason Kidd on slow starts: 'We’ve gotten off to slow starts. We played better in the second half, so that’s just something we’ve got to talk about as a team. If there’s another afternoon game, we’ve got to make sure we’re ready to go from the jump, and we can’t wait.”

Luka Doncic is grateful Mavericks fans kept supporting the team despite being down 31 points: 'The fans were amazing. Kept supporting us [even] when down 31. They kept supporting us so really gave that to the fans. ... We have to start the games better, especially me.”

Luka Doncic on what's needed in Game 5: “Play with energy. We’ve had two day games. We struggled in both. We just have to play with the same mentality as Games 2 and 3. We just have to go out there and play 48 minutes hard.”

Kyrie Irving on Luka Doncic's level of play against the Clippers: “Knowing how well he knows the Clippers, I know he wants to play well, and I know he wants to make a bigger impact than what he’s doing now even though he’s almost averaging a triple-double… He’s a young kid in

Luka Doncic doesn't view playing through right knee soreness as an excuse: “It’s hurting, obviously, but that shouldn’t be an excuse. Just came out a little sloppy, so we got to do way better than that.”

Luka Doncic said he feels he's letting Kyrie Irving down with his level of play: “I just got to help him more. I feel like I’m letting him down, so I got to be there, I got to help him more. He’s giving everything he has and he’s been amazing for us the whole series.”

James Harden was 1-for-4 on floaters through the first 3 games of the series. He is 5-for-6 on floaters today (all in the 4th) per ESPN Stats & Info