“I’ve never seen this. Never been on a game where you cannot take someout out to rest them because we had no one to put in. The end of the bench, normally, you can put someone in," Kidd said. "It’s tough. It is what it is, though. Gotta keep pushing forward.”

Stephon Castle joined some elite company Sunday evening. After posting a 20-point game on the road against the Minnesota Timberwolves, the rookie joined Manu Ginóbili atop the list of San Antonio Spurs with the most points off the bench over a six-game span,

If you thought the New Orleans Pelicans were thwarted in the worst way by means of injury in the early stages of the regular season, the Dallas Mavericks certainly have it worse now.