Mavs' Parsons returns 6 months after surgery
LOS ANGELES — Dallas Mavericks forward Chandler Parsons made his season debut Sunday in a 103-93 win over the Los Angeles Lakers exactly six months after undergoing hybrid microfracture surgery on his right knee.
Parsons started but was limited to 12 minutes, during which he scored two points and grabbed three rebounds.
“This is the beginning of a process and so we’ll go from here,” Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle said before the game.
Parsons’ recovery would have been significantly longer if he had undergone the full microfracture operation.
Parsons, who is in the second season of a three-year, $46 million contract, averaged 15.7 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.4 assists in his first Dallas campaign last season and is expected to have an increased playmaking role with leading scorer Monta Ellis‘ departure.
Parsons played in only one game of the Mavs’ first-round series loss to the Houston Rockets before being shut down due to his knee injury.
ESPN.com’s Tim MacMahon contributed to this report.
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