Before the Friday night battle between the Detroit Pistons and the Dallas Mavericks reached halftime, the visitors saw their starting forward, Tim Hardaway Jr., go down with an injury scare. Hardaway seemingly rolled his ankle and struggled to get up and walk on his own power.

DALLAS — Tim Hardaway Jr. exited with an apparent injury against his former team on Friday night. With the Detroit Pistons and Dallas Mavericks going head-to-head, Hardaway suffered the injury scare in the middle of the second quarter. He was ultimately helped off the floor and exited to the locker room after what appeared to be an ankle concern.

Dallas – Pistons guard Tim Hardaway Jr. left Friday night's game at Dallas midway through the second period with a right ankle sprain. Hardaway stepped on the foot of Dallas’ P.J. Washington Jr. and went down with 6:02 left in the half. It was announced he would not return to the game.