Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki could miss Tuesday's game against the Trail Blazers with an elbow injury.

Nowitzki missed Sunday's game after injuring his elbow in a collision with Houston's Carl Landry on Friday night.

"The doctor has, [what seemed] like, his whole hand in my elbow trying to take out stuff," Nowitzki said when explaining the injury.

"It wasn't pretty. We washed it out for like an hour. The worst thing you can get is an infection in your elbow and have surgery. We definitely didn't want that. Washed it out and closed it up, took the X-ray, saw some more stuff. Went back in there, opened it up, washed it out some more, and then finally closed it up after a couple hours."

The All-Star added that he's on "every pill there is and I'd love to play, but if not Tuesday, then definitely on the 26th."