{"id":644848,"date":"2026-03-07T07:02:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T07:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/644848\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T07:02:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T07:02:44","slug":"mavericks-confirm-klay-thompson-and-cooper-flagg-will-return-against-orlando-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/644848\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavericks Confirm Klay Thompson and Cooper Flagg Will Return Against Orlando Magic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cooper Flagg<\/a> and Klay Thompson<\/a> were both out of action for the Dallas Mavericks<\/a> on Tuesday as they suffered a deflating 117-90 blowout loss against the Charlotte Hornets<\/a>. That marked Dallas\u2019 fourth straight loss, dropping it to 21-40 on the season.<\/p>\n

Flagg missed his eighth consecutive contest on Tuesday due to a left midfoot sprain<\/a>. The rookie sensation has been out of action since Feb. 10.<\/p>\n

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Thompson, on the other hand, was sidelined by a right adductor strain. The five-time All-Star sustained the injury<\/a> on Sunday against the Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a>. He left the game and was unable to return.<\/p>\n

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Dallas Mavericks guard Klay Thompson (31)\u00a9 Jerome Miron-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

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The good news for the Mavs is that Flagg is finally set to return. Dallas has missed the services of their No.1 overall pick over the past three-plus weeks, and his return is a welcome development for the struggling squad.<\/p>\n

The Mavs confirmed Flagg\u2019s comeback by officially listing him as available for Thursday\u2019s matchup against the Orlando Magic<\/a>. The 19-year-old will reportedly be limited to 20 to 25 minutes<\/a> in his first game back. <\/p>\n

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Along with Flagg\u2019s return comes some good news on the Thompson front. The Mavs announced ahead of Thursday\u2019s game that Thompson has been cleared to play and will suit up against Orlando.<\/p>\n

Thompson will make his return after a one-game absence. The 36-year-old, however, missed two out of his team\u2019s last three games. Thompson was rested on Friday against the Memphis Grizzlies<\/a>, which was the tail end of a back-to-back set.<\/p>\n

It is important to note that the Mavs play twice in two nights again. After Thursday\u2019s matchup against the Magic, Dallas will face the Boston Celtics<\/a> on Friday. Both Flagg and Thompson\u2019s statuses for the Boston game will be worth monitoring.<\/p>\n

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The Mavs are in the midst of a six-game road trip. Thursday\u2019s contest in Orlando is the second game on the trip, which ends on March 12 against the Grizzlies. <\/p>\n

Related: Mavericks Announce Klay Thompson Injury Update Amid 15th NBA Season<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Mar 5, 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":"Cooper Flagg and Klay Thompson were both out of action for the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday as they…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":644849,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3779],"tags":[7,75,473,225,149,498,48,6338,174,177,25746,5989,6,179,47,76,3883],"class_list":["post-644848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando-magic","tag-basketball","tag-boston-celtics","tag-charlotte-hornets","tag-cooper-flagg","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-klay-thompson","tag-magic","tag-marvin-bagley-iii","tag-mavs","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-moussa-cisse","tag-naji-marshall","tag-nba","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-magic","tag-orlandomagic"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116186614675118880","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644848","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=644848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/644849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}