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Mavs’ Christian Wood to Miss Wednesday's Game vs. Magic: Details

The Mavericks' sixth man did not make the trip to Orlando and will miss his first game of the season due to the knee sprain.

Michael Mulford

When the Dallas Mavericks travel to face the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night, they'll be without their sixth man. 

On Tuesday, the Mavericks announced that Christian Wood did not make the trip to Orlando and will be out for Wednesday's game due to a left knee sprain. Davis Bertans joins Wood remaining in Dallas while Tim Hardaway Jr. made the trip and is listed as questionable with a left hip strain.

Wood’s injury took place in Monday night's victory against the Brooklyn Nets, in which he finished with just six points and six rebounds in just under 21 minutes of action. Wood slipped and got bumped by both Ben Simmons and Royce O’Neale on the same possession four minutes into the fourth quarter.

On the season, Wood is averaging 15.6 points and 7.8 rebounds on 56.7 percent shooting from the field and 46.2 percent from 3-point range in just under 25 minutes per game.

In his absence, look for Maxi Kleber and Josh Green to take the majority of Wood's minutes off the bench for Jason Kidd. 

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Michael Mulford
MICHAEL MULFORD

Michael Mulford is a writer/editor for Dallas Basketball, where he extensively covers the Dallas Mavericks. He also covers the Chicago Bulls as the Managing Editor for Bulls Wire of USA Today Sports Media Group. Mulford grew up in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and graduated from the University of North Texas in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in Recreation, Event, and Sports Management. He began his pursuit of sports writing in 2017 with Dallas Sports Fanatic, where he covered the Mavericks’ G League affiliate, Texas Legends. He then became the Managing Editor of Dallas Sports Fanatic just one year later and has covered the Mavericks as a credentialed media member since 2018, including covering numerous playoff games between 2021-22 and covering the team at NBA Summer League in Las Vegas in 2019. In his time covering the Mavericks, Mulford has conducted numerous interviews for exclusive stories including with Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, Mavericks legend Dirk Nowitzki, former Maverick and current VP of Basketball Ops Michael Finley, former Mavericks GM Donnie Nelson, and more. You can follow and interact with Mulford on Twitter at @TheMulf.

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