Kyrie Irving Gets Crucial Injury Update Before Mavericks-Kings Klay Thompson was a late addition to the injury report on Monday night, getting added a few hours before tipoff with an illness, ruling him out for the game.

The Dallas Mavericks and Houston Rockets will go head-to-head to kick off the new year on January 1. The Wednesday affair projects to be competitive, as Dallas received two promising injury updates on Tuesday.

So we look at the two other starting guards in the game where if either having a big game could tip the scale towards the win column for their team; Malik Monk vs. Klay Thompson. Season stats: Malik Monk: 15.