The Dallas Mavericks will face the Cleveland Cavaliers for their next matchup. Find out if the star guard Luka Doncic will return to the court

Mavericks stars Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving cracked the top five of the initial fan returns released on Thursday.

The Dallas Mavericks suffered a loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves and, to make matters worse, also lost their offensive leader, Luka Doncic, who is now set to miss a significant number of upcoming games due to injury.

Kyrie Irving sat out the Dallas Mavericks’ game Friday night against NBA-leading Cleveland because of illness, joining fellow All-Star guard Luka Doncic on the sideline.

Mercifully the Mavericks came to American Airlines Center on Friday night a rider shy of mimicking the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. And fortunately there was no war, famine or pestilence — though in Dallas’ case,

Dallas Mavericks are feeling the void of Luka Doncic in the team, and an optimistic update on his recovery is awaited.

Kyrie Irving has been ruled out for the Dallas Mavericks’ game against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night due to an illness, per the NBA injury report. Irving was not initially listed on the injury report,