Anthony Davis made his return to game action for the Dallas Mavericks against the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night after an extended stay on the sideline due to a calf injury. Davis played 28 minutes in the contest and tallied 12 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.
His return wasn’t enough to propel Dallas to victory, as the Lakers walked away with a 129-119 win, and now he’ll be back on the sideline. Davis has been officially ruled out of Dallas’ Saturday night matchup with the Los Angeles Clippers due to injury management.
Anthony Davis ruled out vs. Clippers due to injury management
The fact that Davis isn’t playing isn’t a huge surprise, as it has become commonplace in the NBA to rest a player fresh off of an injury on the second night of a back-to-back. That’s exactly what’s happening here. The Mavericks don’t want Davis to play too much, too quickly immediately upon his return.
While proceeding with caution makes sense, it’s safe to say that Davis would prefer to be out on the court with his teammates again.
“Any time you’re sitting down and you see these guys, especially in close games, you wish you could be out there,” Davis said. “As one of the leaders, you want to go out there. It’s a competitive nature to go out and help these guys, but now I have opportunity to do that.”
After the game against the Clippers, the Mavericks will be back in action against the Nuggets in Denver on Monday night. Barring any sort of setback, Davis should be good to go for that game.
