Dirk Nowitzki leaves Mavericks with injury

The Dallas Mavericks have been experiencing a streak of bad luck.  The Mavericks had to deal with the absence of their coach because of knee surgery, and then Dirk Nowitzki had to undergo knee surgery.

 Caron Butler scored 21 points and the Mavericks shook off the loss of Nowitzki in the second quarter to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder Oklahoma 103-93 on Monday night for their 17th victory in 18 games.

Nowitzki scored 13 points before leaving with 9:10 left in the second with what the Mavericks said was a sore right knee.  Shawn Marion scored 20 points off the bench to help replace him.

Nowitzki, who said after the game that he was day-to-day, will have an MRI exam on his right knee Tuesday morning. X-rays on his right knee were negative.

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