P.j. Washington To Miss Mavs-clippers Game Due To Bizarre Injury In Pregame Warmups

On a nighttime wherever nan Mavericks are without large men Anthony Davis, Dereck Lively II and Daniel Gafford for a crippled against nan Clippers, nan team's frontcourt took different deed owed to wounded during warmups. Mavericks guardant P.J. Washington had to beryllium scratched from nan team's starting lineup aft he landed connected a loose shot while warming up for nan title against Los Angeles astatine nan Intuit Dome, according to NBA Insider Marc Stein.

While Dallas evidently held retired dream that Washington would beryllium capable to suit up, nan nine yet ruled retired nan seasoned large man owed to a correct ankle sprain.

The peculiar mode of Washington's wounded only adds to a 2025-26 play for Dallas that has already been marred by various ailments.

Injury woes are thing caller for Dallas. At 1 constituent during nan 2024-25 campaign, Dallas perchance having to forfeit games was a constituent of speculation, fixed its bleak wounded business and, astatine nan time, its constricted roster maneuverability.

Fast guardant to 2025-26, and nan Mavericks' wounded woes person continued. Davis, nan centerpiece of nan Mavericks' return from past season's shocking waste and acquisition involving Luka Dončić, has appeared successful conscionable six games this play aft suffering a calf strain connected Oct. 29. Meanwhile, Gafford, dealing pinch an ankle wounded was ruled retired against nan Clippers, while Lively is nursing an ankle wounded and is expected to miss astatine slightest nan adjacent 3 contests. Guard Dante Exum will miss nan full run owed to complications successful his correct knee that will require surgery. Star defender Kyrie Irving is still rehabbing aft a torn ACL trim short his 2024-25 season.

Washington's wounded leaves nan Mavericks pinch conscionable 3 patient frontcourt players—Dwight Powell, Naji Marshall and Moussa Cisse—against Los Angeles. Dallas entered nan locker room astatine halftime trailing nan Clippers by 7 points.

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