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Nowitzki may need surgery for swelling on right knee

Source: Agencies | October 17, 2012, Wednesday | Print Edition

GERMAN forward Dirk Nowitzki hopes to avoid surgery after experiencing more swelling in his right knee.

Nowitzki missed his second straight NBA preseason game as Dallas beat Houston 123-104 on Monday. The 11-time All-Star said after the game he is going to reduce his workload over the next week and see if the swelling goes down in his knee, which has been drained twice over the past month.

The 2011 NBA Finals MVP said if there is no improvement over the next few days, he may have no choice other than to have surgery, which would probably sideline him into the regular season. "I guess that it's obvious that I don't want (surgery) done," Nowitzki said. "If it's going to keep swelling up on me, that's not a way to go through an 82-game season and hopefully a long playoff run."

Nowitzki said the swelling wasn't as bad as it had been when he had problems before a preseason game in Spain last Tuesday. He practised once the team returned to Texas and experienced more swelling afterwards.

It is the same knee and same issue Nowitzki dealt with early last season. The Mavericks held their perennial All-Star out for four straight games in January to improve his game conditioning and give him time to strengthen his right knee.

Nowitzki said he was going to avoid practises and scrimmages, limiting his workouts to time in the pool and on the elliptical machine.

"It makes no sense to play in the preseason on a swollen knee," Nowitzki said. "So we'll see what's going to happen in the next couple of days."

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