The Mavericks expect to be without Christian Wood for another week at least.
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Luka Doncic #77 of the Dallas Mavericks and Christian Wood #35 of the Dallas Mavericks.
Things just went from bad to worse for the Dallas Mavericks. Big man Christian Wood, who has missed over a week with a thumb fracture, is expected to miss more time than initially expected.
NBA insider Marc Stein provided the medical update on February 2.
“Christian Wood’s thumb fracture on his non-shooting hand was initially expected to sideline him for one week,” Stein wrote. “League sources now say Dallas’ Wood, who Thursday will miss his seventh consecutive game due to the injury, is unlikely to play before next week at the earliest.”
The news couldn’t come at a worse time for Dallas. Losers in six of their last ten, the Mavericks are hurtling toward a challenging stretch of the schedule. Over the next two weeks, Dallas will face off against the Warriors, Jazz, Clippers, and Kings (twice), before a showdown with the conference-leading Nuggets on February 15.
It projects to be a gauntlet, with each of those teams above .500. The Clippers, as it stands, are jockeying with Dallas for home-court advantage in the conference’s playoff race, while the Kings and Nuggets are working hard to fend off teams like the Mavericks.
