Dallas Mavericks Nate Hinton (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)
The Dallas Mavericks headed into their third game in the Las Vegas Summer League short-handed. Josh Green was ruled out for the event after winning a bronze medal in the Olympics with Australia. The Mavericks had two starters injured in their loss to the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night. Both players remained out leaving the Mavs with just nine healthy players.
The Denver Nuggets were winless coming into Saturday afternoon’s game versus the Mavericks. They decided to rest Bol Bol and were relying heavily on 2021 first-round pick Nah’Shon Hyland to carry their team.