As the team continues to deteriorate, the Dallas Mavericks have dropped seven of their last eight games and five in a row. From losing Luka Doncic to Kyrie Irving’s season-ending injury, the Mavericks have had a terrible season. That team deserves a little luck. On Monday night, the Mavericks will travel to play the San Antonio Spurs, but their injury issues remain. The Mavericks need all the assistance they can get because of their extremely thin roster, but they will still be severely shorthanded on Monday in San Antonio. The Mavericks will still be without All-NBA big man Anthony Davis due to a left adductor issue.
Davis suffered the injury in his Mavericks debut after 31 minutes of fantastic basketball and has been sidelined since. In that debut game, Davis dropped 26 points, 16 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 blocks, but has missed the last 12 games after hope seemed to be restored.
Davis received a recent injury update saying that he is “improving daily” and has been cleared for “more dynamic on-court movements,” but it would not surprise anyone if the Mavericks shut him down for the rest of the season.
The Mavericks had eight players sidelined in their loss to the Phoenix Suns on Sunday, so heading into the second leg of a back-to-back will likely not be friendly for them. The Spurs have a prime opportunity to pick up a win over the shorthanded Mavericks, even without superstar center Victor Wembanyama holding it down.
