You kind of get the feeling that Brandon Knight was signed to a 10-day contract by the Mavericks just in time to fill in for Spencer Dinwiddie on Wednesday night.
The Mavericks knew Dinwiddie would not be available at Cleveland. The guard has not played both ends of a back-to-back situation all season after having knee surgery last year.
He played only 29 minutes Tuesday against the Los Angeles Lakers, but the Mavericks stuck to the game plan and sat Dinwiddie against the Cavaliers.
Knight, who had a 10-day contract with the Mavericks in December and signed a second one on Tuesday, joined the team in Cleveland and quickly was pressed into action.