DALLAS — Rookie Morez Johnson Jr. is probable for the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday, when they visit a Minnesota Timberwolves team still without Anthony Edwards. On the NBA’s 6 p.m. CT injury report Wednesday, Johnson is listed with a left shin/tibia contusion, and Edwards is out after right knee arthroscopy.
The contusion kept Johnson out of Monday’s 125-122 win over the Indiana Pacers, when Dallas downgraded him from questionable to out. Thursday’s 7 p.m. CT tip-off at Target Center opens a three-game road trip for the Mavericks, who are 7-4 after three straight wins.
After practice Wednesday, Mavericks coach Dusty May discussed the players who appeared against Indiana. “Everybody that played the other night is good to go,” May said.
In 10 games off the bench, the ninth overall pick in the 2026 draft is averaging 7.6 points and 5.1 rebounds in 17.0 minutes. He played 19 minutes, 9 seconds against the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday and finished with 4 points, 9 rebounds, and 1 assist in a 130-93 win, a day before Dallas added him to Monday’s report.
His lower legs have put him on and off the report since training camp. Right shin splints kept him out of two preseason games, and before the Oct. 24 game against the San Antonio Spurs, Dallas listed him as questionable with a shin injury before upgrading him to probable.
Dallas Mavericks Injury Report
After missing the first four games with a right thumb sprain, Caleb Martin is available with a right thumb splint. He has played in all seven games since and is averaging 3.6 points and 2.3 rebounds in 18.4 minutes.
Three Mavericks are out. Tarik Biberović is listed with right heel bursitis and has yet to play this season, and the same is true of Dereck Lively II, who is listed with right foot surgery. Sergio de Larrea, out with a right knee sprain, averaged 5.3 points in four appearances.
Kyrie Irving and Cooper Flagg are not on Wednesday’s report. Against Indiana, Flagg finished with 43 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Irving is averaging 22.9 points in nine games.
Minnesota Timberwolves Injury Report
At 8-3, Minnesota has won four straight. Edwards has missed seven games, and the Timberwolves are 5-2 in those games.
Donte DiVincenzo joins Edwards on Minnesota’s out list. He is recovering from surgery on his right Achilles tendon, which he tore during the playoffs last spring.
Minnesota’s other listed player, center Joan Beringer, is available with a face mask after suffering a nasal fracture in the Nov. 6 win at New Orleans. Questionable going into Sunday’s game against the Utah Jazz, he played, and he is averaging 5.6 points and 6.2 rebounds in 16.4 minutes.
The trip continues Saturday at the Cleveland Cavaliers, with a 6:30 p.m. CT tip-off, and ends Sunday at 5 p.m. CT against the Boston Celtics.
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