The Dallas Mavericks are hosting the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday evening ... were the availability of Kyrie Irving and Dereck Lively II. Irving has been fighting back issues and has missed ...

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Injured Dallas Mavericks players Dereck Lively II, right, and Luka Doncic, left, look on from the bench during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Oklahoma City Thunder ...

Dereck Lively II was also sidelined once more, missing for months after it was announced Wednesday that he’d sustained a foot ...

Injured Dallas Mavericks players Dereck Lively II, right, and Luka Doncic, left, look on from the bench during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, Friday, Jan.

The Oklahoma ... the Thunder are a perfect 7-0 with a chance to extend that streak against the Dallas Mavericks on Friday, who will be without Luka Doncic and likely big man Dereck Lively II ...

Fresh off their 106-98 win over the conference-leading Oklahoma City Thunder ... fans amidst the prolonged Doncic absence: Center Dereck Lively II has been ruled out after being downgraded ...

Dallas outscored Oklahoma ... added 18 for the Thunder (34-7). Takeaways Thunder: It was the first time this season OKC hasn’t had a 20-point scorer. Mavericks: Dereck Lively II missed his ...

Two recent losses have brought a million-dollar question for the Oklahoma City Thunder — do they have a matchup problem against the Dallas Mavericks? The answer requires nuance after OKC wrapped its ...

Oklahoma City Thunder (34-6, first in the Western Conference) vs. Dallas Mavericks (22-19, seventh in the Western Conference) Dallas; Friday, 8:30 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Thunder -6.5 ...