There is some irony to this, as the Mavericks traded away Luka Doncic because of injury and conditioning concerns, and Anthony Davis, the key return of the Doncic trade, goes down with an injury in his first game with the team. It's brutal to see Davis go down, especially with how well he was playing in this game.

Anthony Davis emphatically announced his arrival with the Mavericks less than five minutes into his Dallas debut by dunking his own missed shot, pointing to the roaring crowd and yelling, “I'm here!” The 10-time All-Star didn't finish the 116-105 victory over the Houston Rockets because of an injury,

Following the blockbuster trade that sent Anthony Davis to the Dallas Mavericks and Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers, it was only fitting that Davis