The Dallas Mavericks must adjust without Maxi Kleber against the Oklahoma City Thunder after he suffered a right shoulder AC joint separation.
, who will miss the Western Conference semifinal series against the Oklahoma City Thunder due to a right shoulder AC joint separation.
"It's next man up... We would love to be healthy, but Maxi's out, so there's nothing we can do except it's on to the next guy."Tim Hardaway Jr., working his way back from a right ankle sprain, returned to practice on Sunday after suffering a setback. Against a smaller Thunder team, Kidd isn't concerned about depth without Kleber and views regaining Hardaway into the fold as the"next man up" in this instance.
Kleber's absence is a significant loss for the Mavericks, given he's been relied on as their main switching option at the five while being their primary stretch five option. He's been relied on to close games often throughout the season due to those intangibles. "Just seeing one of our family members go down that bad, we all get hit," Mavericks rookie center Dereck Lively II said."But Maxi knows that we've got his back, and we know that he's going to do whatever he can to get back."
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