Mavs Injury Update: Christian Wood OUT vs. Blazers

Coming off a massive performance against the Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks versatile big man Christian Wood will miss Saturday’s matchup against the Portland Trail Blazers. Who will step up?

Dalton Trigg | Jan 14, 2023

The Dallas Mavericks are already riddled with injuries, as Josh Green, Dorian Finney-Smith and Maxi Kleber have all been out for over a month now. The injury situation is only getting worse on Saturday night as they take on the Portland Trail Blazers at Moda Center.

According to the latest injury report from Mavs PR, versatile big man Christian Wood will miss Saturday’s matchup with the Trail Blazers due to an ankle sprain he suffered in Thursday’s double-overtime thriller against the Los Angeles Lakers.

In the win, Wood put up a stat line that had never been recorded in Mavs franchise history — 24 points, 14 rebounds, six assists and five blocks. He shot 10-17 from the field and was a team-high-tying +18 in 47 minutes of action.

Portland is usually a good matchup for Wood, so his absence will likely be felt in a big way unless Dwight Powell, JaVale McGee and Davis Bertrans can muster up enough production to get the Mavs by. Hopefully Wood will be back on Sunday night as the Mavs face the Blazers yet again on the second night of a back-to-back.

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Published Jan 14, 2023

DALTON TRIGG

Dalton Trigg is the Editor-In-Chief for Dallas Basketball, as well as the Executive Editor overseeing Inside The Rockets, Inside The Spurs, All Knicks, and The Magic Insider. He is the founder and host for the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which is a proud part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. After spending a few years with multiple Dallas Mavericks-related blogs, including SB Nation’s Mavs Moneyball, Trigg joined DallasBasketball.com as a staff writer in 2018 and never looked back. At the start of 2022, he was promoted to the EIC title he holds now. Through the years, Trigg has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, Mavs GM Nico Harrison, now-retired legend Dirk Nowitzki and many other current/former players and team staffers. Many of those interviews and other articles by Trigg have been aggregated by other well-known sports media websites, such as Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and others. You can find Trigg on all major social media channels, but his most prevalent platform is on Twitter. Whether it’s posting links to his DBcom work, live-tweeting Mavs games or merely giving his opinions on things going on with Dallas and the rest of the NBA, the daily content never stops rolling. For any inquiries, please email Dalton@MavsStepBack.com.