Mavericks' forward Marion to miss three games

 DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- NBA Dallas Mavericks¹' forward Shawn Marion will miss the next three games due to a left knee injury before being re-evaluated next week, the team announced on Tuesday.

Marion suffered a sprained² medial collateral³ knee ligament in the third quarter of a 114-91 victory over Portland on Monday.

The Mavericks said Marion, 34, will not play in Wednesday's home game against Toronto and will not travel with the team on a two-game road trip to New York and Charlotte.

Marion has averaged 8.0 points and 9.0 rebounds⁴ a game in the first week of the new NBA season for Mavericks, who recorded three wins out of four games, and has career NBA averages of 16.4 points and 9.2 rebounds a game.?

1 mavericks   

未烙印的牲畜( maverick的名词复数 )； 标新立异的人，不合常规的人

参考例句：

• And what about the Dallas Mavericks and Dirk Nowitzki? 那达拉斯小牛队和诺维斯基呢？
• And we see it with bringing Jason Kidd to the Dallas Mavericks. 而且我们看到它同实现基德向达拉斯小牛队。

2 sprained   

v.&n. 扭伤

参考例句：

• I stumbled and sprained my ankle. 我摔了一跤，把脚脖子扭了。
• When Mary sprained her ankles, John carried her piggyback to the doctors. 玛丽扭伤了足踝，约翰驮她去看医生。

3 collateral   

adj.平行的；旁系的；n.担保品

参考例句：

• Many people use personal assets as collateral for small business loans.很多人把个人财产用作小额商业贷款的抵押品。
• Most people here cannot borrow from banks because they lack collateral.由于拿不出东西作为抵押，这里大部分人无法从银行贷款。

4 rebounds   

反弹球( rebound的名词复数 )； 回弹球； 抢断篮板球； 复兴

参考例句：

• V is the velocity after the gas particle rebounds from the wall. V是粒子从壁上弹开后的速度。
• In the former case, the first body rebounds with practically its original velocity. 在前一种情况下，第一个物体实际上以原来的速度弹回。