The Dallas Mavericks have received no shortage of difficult injury updates over the past few weeks. Although seven players have already been ruled out for Thursday night’s contest against the Oklahoma City Thunder,

The Dallas Mavericks will again be shorthanded on the second night of a back-to-back.

Lively was diagnosed Wednesday with a small fracture in his right foot and is expected to miss 2-to-3 months, Shams Charania of ESPN reports. After a slow start to the season, Lively appeared to have established himself as the Mavericks' clear No.

The second-year big man has been Dallas' best center and adds to the list of injuries catching up with the Mavericks.