DALLAS – One of the primary reasons Chandler Parsons suggested he temporarily serve as a sixth man was to preserve some of his minutes for crunch time, but he had no complaints about watching with the game on the line Wednesday night.
Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle opted to stick with Raymond Felton instead of playing Parsons down the stretch for a simple reason: Felton was playing better. Parsons had no argument, acknowledging after the 98-95 loss to the Atlanta Hawks that he’s struggling with the physical and mental aspects of coming back from hybrid microfracture surgery on his right knee.