Nowitzki out Wednesday night for Mavericks

The Thunder posted a 109-95 home victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday for their sixth straight win and 21st in the last 25 games.TV: 8:30 p.m. ET, FSN Oklahoma, FSN Southwest (Dallas)ABOUT THE THUNDER (32-12): Point guard Russell Westbrook had 16 points and 15 assists in the win over Charlotte and has posted 15 assists four times this month.

Dallas might not be at full strength again for this match up. While Parsons led the way, the Mavs got balanced scoring with five other players adding between 10 and 15 points. Dallas is coming off an NBA-record fourth consecutive overtime game at home….

ABOUT THE TIMBERWOLVES (13-30): Minnesota routinely experiences issues because of its youth but point guard Ricky Rubio didn’t want to hear about it after his club was outscored 63-39 in the second half of the loss to New Orleans. “And we have a lot of guys that hate losing, so we’re never going to give up”.

With Nowitzki (right knee) and Kevin Garnett (rest) watching from their respective benches in suits, the 2015 first overall pick Towns had 27 points and career highs with 17 rebounds and six blocks for Minnesota.

The Wolves led 84-74 with 6:46 remaining in regulation but saw the Mavericks claw back into the game.

Towns rattled in a 3-pointer with 2:08 to play to restore a two-point lead for the Wolves, but Matthews scored on a drive with 1:25 left to tie the score at 89.

The Mavericks lead the season series over the Timberwolves (1-0), but the reason they pulled out the 93-87 victory will need to be a different story tonight.

” The good thing is I really didn’t have any pain”, Nowitzki said.

“He’s out tonight. He’s got a right knee effusion, which I think means swelling, so he’ll be out”. Williams expressed awe over his first half-season playing with Nowitzki: “He has that mentality where he can miss 10 shots in a row and them make 10 in a row right after that”.