Dereck Lively

Dallas Mavericks

#2•C

2025-2026 Season Stats

PTS4.3

REB5.3

AST1.9

FG%61.1%

FPTS18.4

Age22

Height7'1"

Weight230

CollegeDuke

Draft2023: Rd 1, Pk 12

FPPG18.41

Salary-

Dereck Lively Status Update

May 30, 2024, 11:28pm UTC

Dereck Lively

Mavericks' Dereck Lively II (neck) available for Game 5 Thursday

What it means:

Dallas Mavericks center Dereck Lively II (neck) is available to play in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday. Lively suffered a neck injury in Game 3 and subsequently missed Game 4 of the Mavericks' Western Conference Finals series, but will be back on the court tonight as Dallas tries to close it out against the Wolves. He has been averaging 22.4 minutes off the bench per night when healthy this postseason. Our model projects Lively for 23.2 FanDuel points in tonight's outing, with 7.9 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 1.5 assists.

Dereck Lively 2025-2026 Regular Season Averages

Stats

4.3PTS

5.3REB

1.9AST

1.6BLK

61.1%FG%

Fantasy

18.4FPTS

Dereck Lively Recent Games

DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FTM	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FPTS
Fri, Nov 21	vs New Orleans PelicansNO	W 118 - 115	17.85	4	1	1	2	2	4	2	1	1	1	5	16.8
Wed, Nov 19	vs New York KnicksNY	L 111 - 113	17.7	4	1	3	2	2	10	1	0	3	1	1	25.5
Sun, Nov 16	vs Portland Trail BlazersPOR	W 138 - 133	11.87	2	1	2	0	0	3	1	0	2	2	6	11.1
Fri, Nov 14	vs LA ClippersLAC	L 127 - 133	17.25	4	1	3	2	2	5	0	1	1	1	0	15
Sun, Oct 26	vs Toronto RaptorsTOR	W 139 - 129	21.02	4	2	2	0	2	7	4	0	3	2	3	25.4

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