PG J.J. Barea returned after sitting out Game 2 with a groin strain, but he didn't fill the void left by Deron Williams. Barea had a team-high five turnovers, went 1-for-4 from 3-point range and struggled containing Thunder G Russell Westbrook most of the night.

PG J.J. Barea (groin strain) declared before Thursday night's game that he'd play after missing Game 2.

PG J.J. Berea (groin) missed Game 2 and his status for Thursday's Game 3 against Oklahoma City hasn't yet been firmed up.

G J.J. Barea, who has a pulled right groin, was not in the starting lineup Monday.

PG J.J. Barea reinjured a groin and sat out the second half on Saturday night against the Thunder. Without Barea, the Mavericks' plan to slow the pace of the game took a serious hit. It also deprived Dallas of its one perimeter players who seems to relish facing Oklahoma City PG Russell Westbrook.

G J.J. Barea (groin) sat out the regular-season finale Wednesday, but Mavs coach Rick Carlisle is optimistic Barea will be fully recovered for the playoffs.

G J.J. Barea did not play Wedneaday because of a groin injury. Mavs coach Rick Carlisle is "optimistic" Barea will be fully recovered for the playoffs.

G J.J. Barea did not play Sunday due to a groin injury he sustained Friday.

G J.J. Barea was lost in the first half with a groin injury on Friday. "Hopefully not serious," Rick Carlisle said of Barea's injury. "We don't know a timetable. He did try to come back, but it was pretty clear that he couldn't finish the game."

PG J.J. Barea tallied a game-high 27 points (10-16 FGs, 4-7 3FGs, 3-3 FTs), including 17 in the first half, to go along with five rebounds and a game-high eight assists in 37 minutes. The reigning Western Conference Player of the Week is averaging 24.2 points, 3.4 rebounds and 7.0 assists over his last five contests (all Dallas wins).

PG J.J. Barea was named Western Conference Player of the Week for the first time in his 10-year career. "It was an amazing week for me on the family side, and then on the team side, we were able to win and I was able to help us as much as I could," said Barea, who also celebrated the birth of a daughter last week.

PG J.J. Barea led the Mavericks with 21 points as Dallas extended its win streak to four games.

PG J.J. Barea continued his late-season surge with 29 points, just three points shy of his career high. Barea had 19 points by halftime as the Mavericks established a 15-point lead. He also proved to be the finisher, scoring 10 fourth-quarter points after Detroit pulled within two. Barea is averaging 24.3 points over the last three games.

PG J.J. Barea came up big off the bench when the Mavericks needed it must Wednesday against New York. The veteran scored 26 -- his third game this season with at least 25 -- on 10-of-18 shooting, including 4-of-7 from 3-point range. Barea came in averaging 16.8 points on nearly 50 percent shooting over the previous four games.

G J.J. Barea had 18 points and 11 assists, and the Mavericks beat the Denver Nuggets 97-88 Monday night.

G J.J. Barea scored nine of his 17 points in the fourth quarter Wednesday in the Mavs' loss at Cleveland.

G J.J. Barea came off the bench to score 17 points on 6-of-9 shooting Tuesday.

G J.J. Barea came off the bench to deliver 18 points in the Mavericks' road win over the Lakers on Tuesday.

G J.J. Barea had 18 points and six assists in the Mavs' loss at Oklahoma City on Wednesday. He twice got into scuffles with Thunder G Russell Westbrook, who received two technical fouls and was ejected."That's how Barea is. He's a chippy player," Thunder F Kevin Durant said. "I mean, he has to be that way. He's the smallest guy in the league, one of the toughest guys in the league as well. So we knew he was going to try and add a little something to the game, but we did a good job keeping our heads."

G J.J. Barea, who started a second consecutive game for injured guard Deron Williams, poured in a game-high 26 points Saturday after he lit up the Brooklyn Nets for a career-high 32 points on Wednesday night. Barea made his first seven 3-point attempts (finishing 7 of 8) and was 9 of 14 from the floor with five assists and one turnover in 33 minutes."It's been great," Barea said of starting the last two games. "I've got to give love tonight to my teammates and coaches. They gave me the confidence and wanted me to be aggressive, especially early in games, and I was able to get in a rhythm early tonight and it was able to help us win tonight." Barea outdueled Derrick Rose, who continues to look more like his old self after finishing with 25 points, four assists and five rebounds.