Davis had 26 points, 16 rebounds, seven assists and three blocks in 31 minutes of action before leaving with the non-contact injury to his groin area.

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.

The Anthony Davis era in Dallas has officially begun. The Dallas Mavericks’ newest superstar made a dominant statement in the first 30 minutes of his debut in Saturday’s matinee against the Houston Rockets.