Rockets guard/forward Bonzi Wells missed Tuesday's game with a bruised lower back, but Rockets athletic trainer Keith Jones said Wells could return in time to play the Mavericks in Dallas on Friday.

Wells landed hard on his back when he brushed against Minnesota's Craig Smith and lost his balance on a drive Monday against the Timberwolves.

"We'll just keep giving him treatment and see how he feels," Jones said. "He's doing a lot better than he was this morning. He was really stiff and sore when he woke up this morning. We treated him, put him in the pool, and he's doing a lot better.

"I don't think it's anything, but we're going to get an MRI just to make sure, because he had a back problem before. But he's moving pretty good."

Jones described Wells' chances to play Friday as "50-50."