No Luka Doncic for the 16th straight game. Dereck Lively II in a giant walking boot. Reigning Western Conference champion Mavericks wobbling in play-in territory. In those and other vivid ways, much had changed in the 222 days since Dallas and Boston last met,

As well as Kyrie Irving has played, the hobbled Mavericks have been a bottom-seven offense over the past month, minus Luka Dončić.

The Mavericks' mid-season rash of injuries continued on Saturday with the loss of backup big man Maxi Kleber. The Associated Press Maxi Kleber joins Dereck Lively and Dwight Powell among the Mavs’ injured centers.