Mercifully, Davis intimated to reporters after the game that he would be fine. "Anthony Davis said he felt 'a little spasm' with his previous abdomen injury and said it's 'nothing serious,'" veteran NBA reporter Marc Stein wrote on social media after the game.

Anthony Davis had 26 points, 16 rebounds, seven assists and three blocks in his Mavericks debut but left the game late in the third quarter with a lower-body injury as Dallas beat the Houston Rockets 116-105 on Saturday.

In his Dallas debut, Anthony Davis scored 26 points with 16 rebounds before leaving in the third quarter with an abdominal injury to guide the host Mavericks to a 116-105 victory over the Houston Rockets on Saturday.