Luka Doncic is missing the Dallas Mavericks’ Friday game against the Memphis Grizzlies but for very good reason.
The Mavericks announced that Doncic would be out for Friday’s contest due to a personal matter. It marks the first absence of the season for the MVP candidate Doncic, who had played in all 17 games thus far for Dallas.
In a post to his Instagram page, Doncic himself revealed the reason behind his absence — his fiancée Anamaria Goltes just gave birth to their first child. Doncic is now the proud father of a daughter named Gabriela.
The 24-year-old Doncic got engaged to Goltes over the summer. The couple met when they were each just 12 years old, and they started dating in 2016.
Dallas plays again on Saturday against Oklahoma City on the second end of a back-to-back set. Then they get several days off ahead of a Dec. 6 contest against Utah. Regardless, Doncic now has a big new blessing that has just arrived in his life.
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