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The Mavericks will have to endure at least one game without superstar Luka Doni after he was ruled out of Sundays meeting with the Chicago Bulls.

Coach Rick Carlisle confirmed during his pregame media session that Doni would be out with a left quadricep contusion suffered in the Miami game on Friday.

It happened late in the second quarter, Carlisle said. Hell be listed day to day. So well see where he is (Monday).

The Mavericks have their first back-to-back set of games of the season when they visit Houston on Monday. They then have two days off before playing at Denver on Thursday.

Well see how he is tomorrow, Carlisle said. I dont think this is a long-term thing, but well just have to see how he feels when he gets up and see if tomorrows going to be a possibility or not.

The 6-7 Doni is averaging 24.4 points, 7.6 rebounds and 6.4 assists per game.

Carlisle said that rookie two-way player Nate Hinton will be active for the first time in his career.

Porzingis getting closer: The news was considerably better in regard to Kristaps Porzingis, who continues his rehab from arthroscopic meniscus surgery in October.

Carlisle said that Porzingis had his longest full-court workout of the season on Saturday during an optional practice.

He played full-court for about 35 minutes with our young guys and some of our lower-minute guys, Carlisle said. He did well. Hes feeling the fatigue in his legs, as you can certainly understand. This is all part of the process of coming back from a minor surgery two-plus months ago.

One of the things working against the 7-3 Porzingis is that the Mavericks are not going to have a lot of practice time in the coming days.

In terms of the timetable . . . as we look at this week, theres no practice today or (Monday) obviously with two games. Tuesday will be an off day coming off the back-to-back. Wednesday will be a practice day and then we leave for Denver.

Theres nothing imminent with him playing in terms of a target date. But were a lot closer than we were.

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