Marcus Smart News: Cleared to face Mavs

Smart (ankle) is available for Thursday's game against the Mavericks.

Smart will be back in action Thursday after missing the closing leg of a back-to-back set Tuesday. He has started in 23 consecutive appearances, averaging 9.5 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.1 steals across 29.1 minutes during that stretch.