Dallas Mavericks, Anthony Davis and Daniel Gafford
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The Dallas Morning News |
Daniel Gafford will play for the first time since Feb. 10 and will be on a minutes restriction of 15 to 20 minutes when Dallas hosts the Brooklyn Nets Monday at American Airlines Center.
CBSSports.com |
Gafford supplanted Kai Jones in the starting five in his return, but because Gafford was operating under a 20-minute restriction, the two ended up seeing similar playing time.
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