Gafford needed to be helped off the floor, and the Mavericks quickly ruled him out with a right knee sprain. Now, according to ESPN, Gafford will miss at least six weeks with a Grade 3 sprain of the MCL in his right knee. The team said Tuesday that Gafford would be re-evaluated in two weeks.

Sources inform Shams Charania and Tim MacMahon of ESPN that rim-rolling center Daniel Gafford has incurred a Grade 3 right MCL sprain. He is expected to be sidelined for at least six weeks. Across 51 healthy contests for the Mavericks this season (28 starts),

The Dallas Mavericks hoped to move forward into a new era after the controversial trade of Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers. The early days of that era hav