DALLAS -- Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant will not play Sunday against the Dallas Mavericks, missing his sixth consecutive game because of a sprained right ankle.

Durant participated in the Thunder's shootaround Sunday morning, but hasn't shown enough improvement to play yet.

"Every day he's progressing well," Thunder coach Scott Brooks said. "Today, he went through shootaround and next couple days we have some practice time and we'll see how he feels."

Durant sprained his ankle more than a week ago against the Warriors when he stepped on Marreese Speights' foot. It's the same foot that he had surgery on to repair a stress fracture which caused him to miss the first 17 games of the season.

Despite the unanticipated extended absence for Durant, the team holds no extra concern with regard to any issue related to his surgically repaired foot. All X-rays have been negative, and the two injuries are considered unrelated.

The Thunder (15-16) have won their last two games without Durant, improving to 4-2 in this most recent stretch without him. Overall, though, they are just 8-14 without the reigning MVP this season.

Durant, 26, is averaging 22.4 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.6 assists in nine games this season.