The Mavericks listed Doncic as out for Sunday night’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder with a right knee contusion. Dallas’ road trip to Oklahoma City is the second game of a back-to-back, closing out a busy weekend that included a 110-93 win over the San Antonio Spurs.

Dallas Mavericks superstar guard Luka Doncic has been ruled out of Sunday's game against the host Oklahoma City Thunder due to a right knee contusion. Sunday's contest is the latter half of a back-to-back set for the Mavericks.

Before the season, Mavericks coach Jason Kidd insisted that Doncic’s presence will be needed on the defensive end in order for the Mavericks to be successful.

Dallas’ Luka Dončić is expected to miss tonight’s game at Oklahoma City, sources tell @TheSteinLine and @DLLS_Sports . Dončić, listed much of the week with a right knee

With the game on the line against the Jazz, Luka Doncic was just standing around on defense, which has become an all-too-common occurrence for the Mavericks.

The Dallas Mavericks have started the season 5-7, not how they envisioned their attempt to defend their Western Conference crown. Luka Doncic entered the season as the MVP favorite, and while his base stats of 29.3 PPG, 8.0 APG, and 8.0 RPG look fine, he's shooting poorly from the floor and from three.

Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic will sit out Sunday evening's game against the Oklahoma City Thunder due to a right knee contusion. It's the second game of a back-to-back for the Mavs. Doncic has been dealing with the knee contusion since Tuesday's loss to the Golden State Warriors.

The Dallas Mavericks enter Saturday's game against the San Antonio Spurs having lost four straight games. They're in desperate need of a win but need to get healthy to do so. Kyrie Irving missed their last game against the Utah Jazz with a shoulder strain and there was som external concern about his future availability.