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NBA NOTEBOOK Mavs lose Wesley Matthews for the remainder of season

- FROM WIRE REPORTS

Dallas Mavericks guard Wesley Matthews has a broken bone in his lower right leg and is likely to miss the rest of the season.

The team says the 31-year-old Matthews was injured in the first quarter against Memphis on Saturday. The nine-year veteran played into the fourth quarter of the Mavericks' 114-80 win.

The injury was announced Monday as a fracture to the right proximal fibula, just below the knee.

Matthews is averaging 12.7 points in his third season with Dallas since signing a $70 million, fouryear contract in 2015.

Celtics rookie to miss remainder of season

Boston Celtics rookie Daniel Theis is likely out for the rest of the season with a torn meniscus in his left knee.

Theis got hurt during the final minute of Boston's 99-97 loss to the Pacers on Sunday.

Coach Brad Stevens told reporters Monday that the center is weighing his surgical options.

Stevens says the team will need to adjust with Theis out. It recalled rookie Guerschon Yabusele from the G-League on Monday.

Theis is averaging 5.3 points and 4.3 rebounds per game this season.

Rodman sentenced to probation

Former NBA star Dennis Rodman was sentenced to three years' probation after pleading guilty to two misdemeano­rs stemming from a January DUI arrest in Southern California.

Rodman pleaded guilty Monday in Orange County to one count of driving under the influence of alcohol and one count of driving with a blood-alcohol level above the legal limit of .08 percent.

The Los Angeles Times says the 56-year-old was ordered to complete a ninemonth alcohol program and pay $390 in fines.

Bazemore out for season

Atlanta Hawks guard Kent Bazemore will miss the remainder of the season with a bone bruise in his right knee.

Bazemore, tied for second on the team with his average of 12.9 points per game, left Sunday's loss to Chicago in the second quarter after landing awkwardly. The Hawks say an MRI on Monday revealed the injury.

Backup Jaylen Morris, also injured in the second quarter of Sunday's game, will miss about two to four weeks with a sprained left ankle.

Guard Dennis Schroder, the team's top scorer who missed Sunday's game with a left elbow injury, is listed as probable for Tuesday night's game against Oklahoma City.

 ?? [PHOTO BY SARAH PHIPPS, THE OKLAHOMAN] ?? Dallas guard Wesley Matthews, shown here defending Oklahoma City’s Paul George during the NBA game Dec. 31 between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Mavericks at Chesapeake Energy Arena, will likely miss the rest of the season.
[PHOTO BY SARAH PHIPPS, THE OKLAHOMAN] Dallas guard Wesley Matthews, shown here defending Oklahoma City’s Paul George during the NBA game Dec. 31 between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Mavericks at Chesapeake Energy Arena, will likely miss the rest of the season.

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