DeRozan leaves Raptors game with groin injury

Toronto Raptor DeMar DeRozan would leave the came after falling while driving to the basket in the third quarter.

Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan was forced to leave Friday’s game against the Dallas Mavericks after suffering a left groin strain.

DeRozan was driving towards the basket midway through the third quarter when he lost his footing and fell to the court. He was kicking his legs in pain on the ground and was attended to by trainers before slowly limping off.

The 25-year-old all-star had no points on 0-for-8 shooting with four rebounds in 21 minutes before exiting the game.

When submitting content, please abide by our submission guidelines, and avoid posting profanity, personal attacks or harassment. Should you violate our submissions guidelines, we reserve the right to remove your comments and block your account. Sportsnet reserves the right to close a story’s comment section at any time.