OKC had 13 straight home games since a 121-119 defeat on Nov. 17 to the Mavericks, who played without Doncic that night. This was the fourth and last meeting of the season between these teams that met in last season’s Western Conference semifinals.

The Dallas Mavericks have received no shortage of difficult injury updates over the past few weeks. Although seven players have already been ruled out for Thursday night’s contest against the Oklahoma City Thunder,