Tonight, the Dallas Mavericks take on the Houston Rockets, both teams on the second night of a back-to-back, but there’s one key piece missing from this battle between the division rivals. As the Rockets roll into American Airlines Center, star center Alperen Sengun will be sitting out of tonight’s game.

The Turkish phenom was ruled ‘questionable’ earlier today, but has been downgraded a few hours ahead of tipoff. Sengun also missed the team’s previous game against the Phoenix Suns, with Steven Adams starting in his place.

Today, however, the team faces a much bigger injury report. Adams is also joining Sengun on the bench tonight, sitting with an ankle injury. Apart from the big men, the team will also miss wings Dorian Finney-Smith and Tari Eason, who have been forced to sit for extend

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