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Mavs Star Luka Doncic OUT for Wednesday's Matchup with Rockets

Due to rest, the Dallas Mavericks will be without superstar Luka Doncic on Wednesday night as they take on the Houston Rockets. Can Dallas squeeze out a win without the NBA's leading scorer playing?

Dalton Trigg

After the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Los Angeles Clippers in dramatic fashion on Tuesday night, Luka Doncic spoke on the possibility of sitting out against the Houston Rockets on Wednesday's second night of a back-to-back. After a historic start to the season, Doncic showed signs of fatigue during Dallas' recent road trip, leading to talk about potential rest going forward.

“We’ll see about that,” Luka said when asked if he'd play on Wednesday. “I think tomorrow, me and coach are going to decide. It’s been a long time playing basketball. Not a lot of breaks. We’ll see tomorrow. After that two games back-to-back, I was really tired. But now I feel great now.”

The decision has officially been made, as the Mavs announced on Wednesday afternoon that Doncic, along with JaVale McGee and Maxi Kleber, will be out against the Rockets.

Although the Rockets are the worst team in the league with a 2-12 record, we've seen how the Mavs have played down to their competition in recent weeks. Houston has a lot of young talent with loads of potential, so things could be tough for Dallas playing on the second night of a back-to-back without the league's leading scorer.

"Tomorrow we're going to need our bench," said coach Jason Kidd after the win over the Clippers. "We can't just rely on C-Wood [Christian Wood] to carry the bench with the 15 points. But the nice thing is we got the a win at home, and we've got another again tomorrow."

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Dalton Trigg
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.

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