LOS ANGELES – When a reporter asked Dereck Lively II his thoughts on being back around his teammates, the Dallas
“Man, I ain’t around my teammates,” Lively said. “I’m around my family.
“There’s really been a lot going on in my life. There’s been a lot of chaos, a lot of things going on, and this is the only place where I can come to bond.”
Until he played 19 minutes Sunday against the Los Angeles Clippers during Game 1 of the first round of the playoffs, Lively had been sidelined since he sprained his right knee during a March 31 contest against the Houston Rockets.