Mavericks' Wesley Matthews: Looks fit to play Wednesday vs. Jazz

Matthews (foot) took part in morning shootaround Wednesday, with coach Rick Carlisle indicating afterward that the veteran would be available for the game later in the evening against the Jazz, Eddie Sefko of The Dallas Morning News reports.

Analysis:

Matthews sat out Tuesday's practice with a reported foot injury, but it was likely just a maintenance day for the swingman, who is averaging a whopping 39.3 minutes per game over the Mavs' first three games. Carlisle will presumably look to scale back Matthews' workload a bit now that Dirk Nowitzki has recovered from an illness that sidelined him the last two games. Nowitzki's absence had forced Matthews to take on a greater responsibility as a scorer.