{"id":498108,"date":"2025-12-27T03:07:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T03:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/498108\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T03:07:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T03:07:27","slug":"anthony-davis-injury-update-mavericks-star-expected-to-miss-games-again-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/498108\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Davis injury update: Mavericks star expected to miss games again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anthony Davis is once again expected to miss time for the Dallas Mavericks<\/a> due to his latest injury, ESPN reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Davis played just 11 minutes against the Golden State Warriors on Christmas Day before leaving with a groin injury<\/a>. He did not return to the game and finished with just three points and three rebounds as the Mavericks fell to the Warriors 126-116.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s the latest on Davis\u2019 injury:<\/p>\n

More: Anthony Davis’ night ends with injury in Mavericks vs. Warriors game<\/a><\/p>\n

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Oct. 26: The Dallas Mavericks’ Cooper Flagg dunks the ball past the Toronto Raptors’ Sandro Mamukelashvili at the American Airlines Center.<\/p>\n

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Oct. 26: The Dallas Mavericks’ Cooper Flagg dunks the ball past the Toronto Raptors’ Sandro Mamukelashvili at the American Airlines Center.<\/p>\n

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Oct. 26: The Washington Wizards’ Cam Whitmore dunks the ball against the Charlotte Hornets at Capital One Arena.<\/p>\n

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Oct. 26: The Brooklyn Nets’ Michael Porter Jr. dunks in front of the San Antonio Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama at Frost Bank Center.<\/p>\n

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Oct. 25: The Denver Nuggets’ Christian Braun dunks the ball against the Phoenix Suns’ Grayson Allen at Ball Arena.<\/p>\n

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Oct. 24: The Memphis Grizzlies’ Jaren Jackson Jr. dunks against the Miami Heat at FedExForum.<\/p>\n

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Oct. 24: The Miami Heat’s Bam Adebayo dunks over the Memphis Grizzlies’ Jaren Jackson Jr. at FedExForum.<\/p>\n

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Oct. 22: The New York Knicks’ OG Anunoby goes up for a reverse dunk against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n

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Oct. 22: The Utah Jazz’s Lauri Markkanen dunks against the Los Angeles Clippers at Delta Center.<\/p>\n

Anthony Davis injury status<\/p>\n

Davis suffered a groin strain during Thursday’s game and is listed on the latest NBA injury report<\/a> as questionable for Saturday\u2019s game against the Sacramento Kings<\/a>. Davis’ official designation is “right adductor soreness.”<\/p>\n

What is a groin strain injury?<\/p>\n

A groin strain is caused when muscles in the groin are stretched enough to tear or damage them and is common among athletes, according to the Cleveland Clinic<\/a>. The athlete will feel a sharp and twinging pain.<\/p>\n

Anthony Davis season stats<\/p>\n

Davis has averaged 20.5 points, 10.9 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game in 16 games played.<\/p>\n

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Who is Anthony Davis\u2019 backup?<\/p>\n

Davis is a forward who has spent time playing at the center position for the Dallas Mavericks this season. Daniel Gafford is expected to replace Davis in the lineup as the starting center.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Anthony Davis injury update: Mavericks star unlikely to play Saturday<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anthony Davis is once again expected to miss time for the Dallas Mavericks due to his latest injury,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498040,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3793],"tags":[495,7,686,149,4057,2619,164,27495,63413,166,6,8889,477],"class_list":{"0":"post-498108","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas-mavericks","8":"tag-anthony-davis","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-dallas","11":"tag-dallas-mavericks","12":"tag-dallasmavericks","13":"tag-daniel-gafford","14":"tag-golden-state-warriors","15":"tag-groin-injury","16":"tag-groin-strain","17":"tag-mavericks","18":"tag-nba","19":"tag-nba-injury-report","20":"tag-sacramento-kings"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115789329502015011","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}