Luka Doncic's current injury status for Thunder vs. Mavs Game 6

On Saturday night, the Dallas Mavericks will welcome the Oklahoma City Thunder to Texas in Game 6 of the second round of their playoff series.

The Mavs may list All-Star forward Luka Doncic on the injury report for this game.

Via Rotowire: “Luka Doncic: Listed as likely to return”

Through the first 11 games of the NBA playoffs, Doncic is averaging 27.1 points, 9.6 rebounds, 9.0 assists and 1.4 steals per game while shooting 41.3 percent from the field and 28.0 percent from 3-point range.

The Mavs are the fifth seed in the Western Conference with a record of 50 wins and 32 losses.

They defeated the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round (in 6 games).

The Mavs currently lead the Thunder 3-2, allowing them to close out the series with a win on Saturday.

Most recently, the Mavs won Game 5 (on the road) by a score of 104-92.

Doncic finished with 31 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists and one block on 12-of-22 field goals and 5-of-11 three-pointers in 41 minutes.

Whoever wins the series advances to the Western Conference Finals to face either the Denver Nuggets or Minnesota Timberwolves.

The Nuggets and Timberwolves tied 3-3 in Game 7 in Denver on Sunday.

Doncic is in his sixth season in the NBA (both with Dallas).

He led the Mavs to the Western Conference Finals in 2022, but they are coming off a year in which they missed the NBA playoffs.

As for the Thunder, they are in the playoffs for the first time since 2020.