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MINNEAPOLIS -- Dallas Mavericks rookie center Dereck Lively II was cleared to play in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals after a 10-minute post-shootaround workout to test how his sprained neck felt while doing explosive movements.
Lively, a second-team All-Rookie selection, sat out the Mavs' Game 4 loss and had been questionable for Thursday's game.
"I was definitely moving," Lively told ESPN when asked how the workout went while he was exiting the Target Center.
Thursday's workout marked the first time that Lively sprinted and jumped since suffering the injury early in the second quarter of Game 3, when he was inadvertently kneed in the back of the head by Minnesota Timberwolves power forward Karl-Anthony Towns.