Luka Doncic (left heel bruise) was ruled out outsider‘ game against the Clippers on Thursday, during Kyrie Irving (right shoulder soreness) is questionable to play, writes Grant Afseth of Dallas Hoops Journal (Substack link).

There was some good news on the injury front for Dallas, however, as neither Naji Marshall still Maxi glue is on the injury report for Thursday’s game. Marshall has missed five of the Mavs’ last six games because of an illness; Kleber has been unavailable for the past three years due to illness and a rib injury.

• Raptors forward Scottie Barnes He was originally expected to be out for “several weeks” with an ankle sprain, but just ten days after that injury, he was upgraded to questionable for Thursday’s game against Brooklyn after fully participating in Wednesday’s practice (Twitter links via TSN’s Josh Lewenberg). approx). “I’m so glad it wasn’t as bad as I thought” Barnes said. In other Raptors injury news: starting center Jakob Pöltl is considered day-to-day with a bilateral groin strain and will miss Thursday’s competition.
• After I missed that Suns‘ In the last two games he has had swelling in his right knee, star guard Bradley Beal According to the head coach, he “did everything” in practice on Wednesday and the team is “confident” he can play against Indiana on Thursday Mike Budenholzer (Story by Duane Rankin of The Arizona Republic). Beal was listed as a likely candidate for the suit.
• wizard guards Malcolm Brogdon, Kyshawn GeorgeAnd Corey Kispert are not on the injury report for Thursday’s game against Charlotte and should be ready to play, tweets Josh Robbins of The Athletic. Brogdon has been out since December 5th with a hamstring strain, while George and Kispert have been recovering from left ankle sprains since December 3rd.
• magic guard Gary Harriswho has been unavailable since Nov. 25 due to a left hamstring strain, has been upgraded to questionable for Thursday’s game against Oklahoma City, notes Jason Beede of The Orlando Sentinel (Twitter link). Harris averaged 17.2 minutes per game in his first 16 appearances of the season before suffering this injury in his 17th appearance.