After the seismic NBA trade that left the fans speechless last weekend, Anthony Davis injured himself in his debut with Dallas Mavericks.
Mavericks beat Houston Rockets 116-105 on Saturday afternoon behind Davis 24 points and 13 returns at half time. While Maverick’s fans certainly had not forgotten Luka Doncic after half a basketball, they felt better than they once was about the return from that trade.
But when he got out of half, Davis suffered what seemed to be a scary injury that is not contact. He immediately took himself, and the team took some time before he declared his return as doubtful. He never returned to the game and ended with 26 points, 16 returns and seven assists on 31 minutes action. After the match he noticed his injury as in the groin and the quad bike.
“The leg became tight, like a little spasm,” Davis told reporters after the victory. “Obviously, AB tribe still handled, so just tried to loosen it; It would not loosen, release, but it is nothing serious. I’m fine. “
In his 13-season NBA career, Davis has an “injury prone” label that follows him, which goes back to his time with New Orleans Pelicans. Despite this, he has been relatively healthy this season.
Later Saturday night, ESPN’s Sham’s Charania Davis thought after the game, that this was not believed to be a serious injury and was told that he was trying to return to the game, but Mavericks preferred to play this injury.
“Anthony Davis has some tenderness in the groin area, but it is not expected to be a serious injury,” Charania said at the NBA count.
Charania prepared that because the NBA All-Star break is about a week away, we could see Mavericks take a super safe strategy and turn off Davis to be completely healthy for a second half.
Davis is an All-Star and was expected to be reunited with LeBron James on Shaquille O’Neal’s list.
If Mavericks chooses to take a conservative path in this groin, they will be without Davis in their three remaining games before the All-Star break. Mavericks hosts Sacramento Kings on Monday night, Golden State Warriors on Wednesday evening and Miami Heat on Thursday evening. It would set up Davis for a February 21 -return to his former team, the Pelicans.
At present, the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference is needed, a strong second half of the season from Davis and Mavericks to avoid the play-in tournament and to give a legitimate shot against some of the best teams in the league.
