{"id":511214,"date":"2026-01-02T05:39:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T05:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/511214\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T05:39:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T05:39:30","slug":"injury-notes-davis-duren-rockets-warriors-jazz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/511214\/","title":{"rendered":"Injury Notes: Davis, Duren, Rockets, Warriors, Jazz"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mavericks big man Anthony Davis<\/a> returned to action on Thursday vs. Philadelphia following a two-game absence due to a groin strain. Head coach Jason Kidd said the 10-time All-Star would immediately resume his normal workload, relays Grant Afseth of Dallas Hoops Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe always want him to play, so we\u2019re happy to have him back,\u201d Kidd said. \u201cWe\u2019ll see \u2014 30 to 34 minutes. We want to get him some touches. Offensively and defensively, we need him to be AD.\u201d<\/p>\n

Davis has been one of the biggest names in trade rumors for several weeks.<\/p>\n

Here are a few more injury-related updates from around the NBA:<\/p>\n

Pistons center Jalen Duren<\/a> suffered a right ankle sprain late in the second quarter of Thursday\u2019s loss to Miami. While he was on the court to open the third period, he was moving gingerly and quickly asked for a sub before being formally ruled out for the remainder of the contest (Twitter link<\/a> via the team). Head coach J.B. Bickerstaff indicated that Duren would likely undergo additional testing, tweets<\/a> Omari Sankofa II of The Detroit Free Press.
\nThe Rockets got Alperen Sengun<\/a> back from a left soleus (calf) strain on Thursday, but were missing backup centers Steven Adams<\/a> (right ankle sprain) and Clint Capela<\/a> (illness) in the victory at Brooklyn, notes Will Guillory of The Athletic (via Twitter<\/a>). Sengun missed two games with the injury, though head coach Ime Udoka said it wasn\u2019t serious<\/a>.
\nThe Warriors are resting Draymond Green<\/a> for Friday\u2019s matchup vs. Oklahoma City, according to Anthony Slater of ESPN (Twitter link<\/a>). It\u2019s the front end of a back-to-back for Golden State, which faces Utah on Saturday. Guards Stephen Curry<\/a> (left ankle sprain) and De\u2019Anthony Melton<\/a> (left knee injury management) are questionable for Friday\u2019s game against the Thunder, while centers Al Horford<\/a> (right sciatic nerve irritation) and Trayce Jackson-Davis<\/a> (right pattellar tendonitis) are probable to suit up against the defending champions.
\nThe Jazz only have nine players active for Thursday\u2019s contest at the Clippers. Among the noteworthy players out include Lauri Markkanen<\/a> (left knee contusion), Keyonte George<\/a> (illness), Jusuf Nurkic<\/a> (left big toe sprain) and Ace Bailey<\/a> (left hip flexor strain), per the league\u2019s official injury report<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mavericks big man Anthony Davis returned to action on Thursday vs. Philadelphia following a two-game absence due to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507957,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3785],"tags":[224,869,1307,495,7,984,13375,200,912,423,5088,955,976,6,573,962,2966,422,427,3972],"class_list":{"0":"post-511214","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-utah-jazz","8":"tag-ace-bailey","9":"tag-al-horford","10":"tag-alperen-sengun","11":"tag-anthony-davis","12":"tag-basketball","13":"tag-clint-capela","14":"tag-deanthony-melton","15":"tag-draymond-green","16":"tag-jalen-duren","17":"tag-jazz","18":"tag-jusuf-nurkic","19":"tag-keyonte-george","20":"tag-lauri-markkanen","21":"tag-nba","22":"tag-stephen-curry","23":"tag-steven-adams","24":"tag-trayce-jackson-davis","25":"tag-utah","26":"tag-utah-jazz","27":"tag-utahjazz"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115823900486716814","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511214","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=511214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}