Dallas Mavericks star big man Anthony Davis is expected to return to the lineup tonight against the Los Angeles Lakers.,Davis has been sidelined since October 29 with a left calf strain.Anthony Davis is expected to return to the Dallas Mavericks’ lineup tonight against the Los Angeles Lakers. Davis has not played since October 29 after missing time with a left calf strain. He is averaging 20.8 points, 10.2 rebounds, and 2.2 assists over 5 games this season. The Mavericks are visiting the Lakers at 10 p.m. ET, with coverage beginning at 7 p.m. ET. Davis suffered the injury during a 107-105 win against the Indiana Pacers. He was reevaluated on November 16 and given an additional week to 10 days to heal. Davis, a 10-time All-Star, has a history of injuries. Last season, he missed 18 games and returned for the final eight games as the Mavericks failed to make the playoffs. This season, prior to his injury, Davis was averaging 20.8 points, 10.2 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.6 steals, and 1.2 blocks per game, shooting 52% from the field and 27.3% from three-point range. The Mavericks had a 2-3 record with Davis in the lineup and are 3-11 in his absence. Dallas currently holds a 5-14 record, tied for the second-worst in the Western Conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dallas Mavericks star big man Anthony Davis is expected to return to the lineup tonight against the Los Angeles Lakers.,Davis has been sidelined since October 29 with a left calf strain.Anthony Davis is expected to return to the Dallas Mavericks’ lineup tonight against the Los Angeles Lakers. Davis has not played since October 29 after…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/post01.exeyezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/post01.exeyezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/post01.exeyezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/post01.exeyezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/post01.exeyezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=362"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/post01.exeyezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":364,"href":"https:\/\/post01.exeyezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362\/revisions\/364"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/post01.exeyezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/post01.exeyezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/post01.exeyezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/post01.exeyezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}