Delon Wright will be listed as day-to-day, but he said Sunday that he feels fortunate to have avoided anything more serious when he strained his right adductor muscle Saturday against New Orleans.
“It’s just a day-to-day thing,” Wright said. “We’ll have to see how it goes.”
Wright did not play against the Sacramento Kings on Sunday evening. The Mavericks don’t play again until Thursday against the Detroit Pistons in Mexico City.
“I feel like we dodged a bullet in terms of it being a serious thing,” coach Rick Carlisle said. “Thursday hasn’t been ruled out. But we’re going to have to see. It’s going to be a day-to-day thing to see how he’s progressing.”
Wright has averaged 7.5 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.4 assists this season. He left Saturday’s game after playing less than four minutes before sustaining the injury.
Strong outing for Hardaway: Tim Hardaway Jr. has been rock solid since moving into the starting lineup on Nov. 20.
In the 10 games since then, he has averaged 17.1 points per game and shot 48 percent (33-of-69) from 3-point range.
On Sunday against the Kings, he had 29 points and made a career-best nine 3-pointers. The downer was that it did not translate into a victory.
“I was just trying to do my job to the best of my ability, which I was able to today,” Hardaway said afterward. “My teammates did a great job of finding me and made it easy for me to deliver. But it sucks (not to get the win). We just have to learn from it and move on.”
Tormenting his old pals: Harrison Barnes was with the Mavericks for nearly three seasons during the franchise’s rebuilding period.
He seems to like coming back to Dallas.
Last March in his first visit to American Airlines Center after the trade to Sacramento, he had 18 points in a 125-121 Kings win.
He returned on Sunday night and had 13 points, seven rebounds and five assists.
Barnes, who received a new four-year, $85-million contract this summer, said he’s enjoying Sacramento with his wife, Brittany. They also just welcomed an addition to their home – a new dog.
“It’s different coming in the front door,” he said, “and getting greeted by the dog.”
Carlisle said that he was grateful to have Barnes with the Mavericks during the difficult rebuilding stretch in the pre-Luka Doncic time.
“I love Barnes as a person and love him as a player – his approach, his work ethic,” Carlisle said. “He’s playing really well for these guys, which is not a surprise.
“Through two and a half seasons here, he was very, very consistent with his approach, his high level of professionalism and he got significantly better each year, which spoke to the amount of work he put in.”
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