{"id":539729,"date":"2026-01-16T02:49:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T02:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/539729\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T02:49:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T02:49:24","slug":"final-injury-report-for-jazz-mavericks-will-lauri-markkanen-cooper-flagg-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/539729\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Injury Report for Jazz-Mavericks, Will Lauri Markkanen, Cooper Flagg Play?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dallas Mavericks<\/a> are at home on Thursday night as they host the Utah Jazz<\/a> in a Western Conference matchup.<\/p>\n

Dallas enters Thursday\u2019s contest with a 15-26 record after losing at home to the Denver Nuggets<\/a> on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

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Dallas Mavericks forward Naji Marshall (13)\u00a9 Jerome Miron-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

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Naji Marshall led the way for the Mavericks in Wednesday\u2019s loss as he ended the game with 24 points, five rebounds and three assists while Brandon Williams added 20 points and seven rebounds of his own off the bench.<\/p>\n

Now Dallas will try to bounce back at home on Thursday as they face off against a struggling Jazz team.<\/p>\n

On the other side, Utah enters Thursday\u2019s game with a 14-26 record after losing on the road to the Chicago Bulls<\/a> on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

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Utah Jazz forward Brice Sensabaugh (28) reacts to a play with guard Svi Mykhailiuk (19)\u00a9 Rob Gray-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

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In Wednesday\u2019s loss to the Bulls, Brice Sensabaugh led the way for the Jazz as he recorded 43 points and five rebounds off the bench while Keyonte George added 25 points, three rebounds and seven assists of his own.<\/p>\n

While both teams are looking to pick up a victory in Thursday night\u2019s matchup, both squads may be without multiple key players due to injuries.<\/p>\n

Jazz Injury Report, Will Lauri Markkanen, Kevin Love Play?<\/p>\n

For the Jazz, they have three players listed on their injury report, including star forward Lauri Markkanen.<\/p>\n

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Utah has ruled out Markkanen due to an illness as he will miss his second consecutvie contest.<\/p>\n

With Markkanen sidelined once again, Kyle Filipowski and Sensabaugh may both be in line for larger roles.<\/p>\n

The Jazz have also ruled out Walker Kessler and Georges Niang as they both remain sidelined while recovering from injuries.<\/p>\n

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The good news for the Jazz is that Kevin Love is off the injury report after sitting out the first game of their back-to-back on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

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Mavericks Injury Report, Will Cooper Flagg, Daniel Gafford Play?<\/p>\n

On the other side, the Mavericks have seven players listed on their injury report, including both Cooper Flagg<\/a> and Daniel Gafford.<\/p>\n

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Dallas Mavericks forward Cooper Flagg (32)Jesse Johnson-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

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Dallas has listed Flagg as doubtful and is not expected to play due to a left ankle sprain that caused him to exit Wednesday’s loss to the Nuggets.<\/p>\n

With Flagg likely to be sidelined, Klay Thompson<\/a> and Williams may all be in line for larger roles.<\/p>\n

The Mavericks have listed Gafford as questionable due to a right ankle sprain that he suffered in Wednesday’s loss while P.J. Washington is questionable due to right ankle injury management.<\/p>\n

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Dallas Mavericks center Daniel Gafford (21)\u00a9 Brett Davis-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

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If both Gafford and Washington are sidelined, Dwight Powell and Caleb Martin could both have increased roles.<\/p>\n

Max Christie has been listed as doubtful with an illness while Anthony Davis<\/a>, Kyrie Irving<\/a>, Dereck Lively II and Dane Exum all remain sidelined while recovering from injuries.<\/p>\n

Fans can catch Thursday night\u2019s matchup between the Jazz and Mavericks from Dallas at 8:30 p.m. EST.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jan 15, 2026, where it first appeared in the NBA<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dallas Mavericks are at home on Thursday night as they host the Utah Jazz in a Western…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":539730,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3724],"tags":[495,7,10823,10511,6461,329,225,149,2619,187,1264,5991,32099,499,3419,1678,955,498,1251,967,976,7139,8471,25746,5989,13506,5592,490,427,1405,682],"class_list":{"0":"post-539729","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-anthony-davis","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-brandon-williams","11":"tag-brice-sensabaugh","12":"tag-caleb-martin","13":"tag-chicago-bulls","14":"tag-cooper-flagg","15":"tag-dallas-mavericks","16":"tag-daniel-gafford","17":"tag-denver-nuggets","18":"tag-dereck-lively-ii","19":"tag-dwight-powell","20":"tag-elijah-harkless","21":"tag-georges-niang","22":"tag-john-tonje","23":"tag-kevin-love","24":"tag-keyonte-george","25":"tag-klay-thompson","26":"tag-kyle-filipowski","27":"tag-kyrie-irving","28":"tag-lauri-markkanen","29":"tag-max-christie","30":"tag-miles-kelly","31":"tag-moussa-cisse","32":"tag-naji-marshall","33":"tag-svi-mykhailiuk","34":"tag-the-jazz","35":"tag-the-mavericks","36":"tag-utah-jazz","37":"tag-walker-kessler","38":"tag-washington"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}