Mavericks' Dwight Powell: Not playing Monday vs. Wiz

Powell (hip) has been ruled out for Monday's game against the Wizards, Christian Clark of The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports.

Powell will be sidelined for a fifth straight game due to a right hip strain, but Tim MacMahon of ESPN.com relays that the Mavericks have some optimism that he'll be available during the team's upcoming five-game road trip that begins Wednesday in New Orleans. With Powell sidelined for at least Monday's contest and with Dereck Lively (ankle) and Maxi Kleber (foot) out indefinitely, Markieff Morris could enter the rotation as the primary backup to starting center Daniel Gafford.