DALLAS -- Mavericks center/power forward Christian Wood fractured his left thumb and will be reevaluated next week, the team announced Thursday.
Wood suffered the injury during the second quarter of the Mavs' 130-122 loss to the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday but finished the game, scoring 22 points and grabbing nine rebounds.
Wood, a summer trade acquisition who opened the season as a sixth man but has been starting at center over the past month, ranks second on for Dallas behind superstar Luka Doncic in scoring (18.4 points per game) and rebounding (8.