Dirk Nowitzki has begun to resume on-court work as he recovers from a strained right Achilles.

Nowitzki will need to get through a full-speed practice or two this weekend with no setbacks before he's cleared to play.

"It's definitely better, but I really haven't done much yet," Nowitzki said. "Today was good, but we didn't go anything close to full speed. Just started moving on the court a bit.

"We don't want to rush anything and go back to where we were last week. So if I feel anything this weekend, they're going to ease off again. Obviously I want to play in the Garden on Monday [against the Knicks] and I want to play in Boston [on Wednesday] -- two of my favorite road spots. But I just don't know at this point if it's going to happen."