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Dallas Mavericks rookie center Dereck Lively II is out for Tuesday's Game 4 of the Western Conference finals due to a sprained neck he suffered in Sunday's Game 3 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves, according to head coach Jason Kidd.
Lively suffered the injury when Timberwolves power forward Karl-Anthony Towns inadvertently kneed him in the back of the head when Lively was falling to the floor early in the second quarter.
"He's doing a lot better," Kidd said before the game. "...Sore, but he's feeling better.