Irving’s injury put the Mavericks’ backcourt depth in flux, but the loss of Hardy limits Dallas’ point guard room to Dante Exum, Spencer Dinwiddie and two-way guard Brandon Williams — who dropped a season-high 34 points to lead the Texas Legends to a win over the Long Island Nets on Sunday.

The Dallas Mavericks cannot afford any more injuries, let alone to a player as significant as Kyrie Irving, so they're going to have to hold their breath and hope that the knee injury that Irving suffered Monday night vs.

Sacramento got off to a hot start, making five of the first six shots as the Kings got out to an 11-4 lead. But they wasted their challenge early on a foul that sent Kai Jones to