Mavs' Parsons undergoes season-ending knee surgery

For the second consecutive year, Chandler Parsons' season has been ended by a right knee injury that required surgery.

After news of Parsons' potential need for surgery was first reported earlier this week, the Dallas Mavericks confirmed that Parsons underwent season-ending arthroscopic surgery Friday to address an injury to the medial meniscus in his right knee.

Parsons underwent a type of microfracture surgery on the same knee last May after the Mavs shut him down during the team's first-round postseason series against the Houston Rockets.

After a slow start to his 2015-16 campaign, Parsons had been playing some of the best ball of his career over the last two months, averaging 17.8 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and a steal on an effective field-goal percentage of 61.0 in his last 33 games.

Parsons, who signed a three-year deal worth more than $46 million with the Mavericks in 2014, has a $16-million player option for next season.

Dallas enters Friday's game against the Golden State Warriors seventh in the Western Conference, but only a half-game clear of ninth-place Utah.