{"id":386722,"date":"2026-01-02T11:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T11:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/386722\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T11:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T11:26:09","slug":"anthony-davis-trade-rumours-latest-news-dallas-mavericks-denver-nuggets-injuries-jonas-valanciunas-scores-results-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/386722\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Davis trade rumours, latest news, Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets injuries, Jonas Valanciunas, scores, results, highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tyrese Maxey struck for 34 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds to lead the Philadelphia 76ers over the host Mavericks 123-108 in Anthony Davis\u2019 return as trade rumours surrounding the All-Star centre continue to swirl.<\/p>\n

Friday\u2019s win (all times AEDT) saw the Sixers improve to 18-14, fifth in the Eastern Conference, while the Mavericks, led by 18 points from Max Christie, lost their fourth in a row, falling to 12-23.<\/p>\n

The Mavs\u2019 slump comes as more trade rumours surround Davis, who had 13 points, eight rebounds, two assists and one steal in over 37 minutes following a two-game absence due to right adductor soreness.<\/p>\n

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Dallas has lost four in a row as Anthony Davis trade rumours swirl (Photo by Sam Hodde\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n

Speaking on SiriusXM<\/a>, NBA insider Chris Haynes revealed Dallas is expected to move Davis ahead of the February trade deadline just one year after he was acquired in the shock Luka Doncic trade.<\/p>\n

It comes after Haynes last week reported the Atlanta Hawks were the favourites to land Davis, but he noted Trae Young wouldn\u2019t be included in the deal.<\/p>\n

That could see Davis join forces with rising Aussie star Dyson Daniels on a 16-19 Hawks team that\u2019s underperformed including a recent seven-game losing streak.<\/p>\n

The Toronto Raptors, Detroit Pistons and Golden State Warriors are believed to be other teams to watch. <\/p>\n

The Sixers had 23 points from V.J. Edgecombe, 22 from Joel Embiid and 19 points, seven rebounds and three blocks from reserve Quentin Grimes off 7-of-9 shooting.<\/p>\n

\u201cNeeded to come in and just try to be myself, be aggressive, be in attack mode, try to get myself and my teammates involved,\u201d Grimes said.<\/p>\n

Grimes likes the Sixers\u2019 chances of being one of the top East contenders come playoff time with Embiid back from injury and Paul George playing like his top days with the Los Angeles Clippers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re getting Joel back to full speed and Paul is getting back to where he was when he was with the Clippers, so as long was we take it day by day and keep getting in rhythm with each other… I feel like we can be one of the better teams coming out of the East absolutely.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Norman Powell scored a game-high 36 points and the Miami Heat took their fourth consecutive NBA victory with a 118-112 triumph at Eastern Conference leader Detroit.<\/p>\n

Also stretching their win streak to four games were the Houston Rockets, who got a strong performance from Kevin Durant in a 120-96 victory at Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

Powell made seven three-pointers while Jaime Jaquez scored 19 points off the bench, Andrew Wiggins added 17 points and Bam Adebayo contributed 15 points and 14 rebounds as the Heat improved to 19-15.<\/p>\n

The Pistons suffered their third loss in four games in falling to 25-9, still the second best record in the NBA behind Western Conference leader Oklahoma City (29-5).<\/p>\n

Cade Cunningham powered the Pistons with 31 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds.<\/p>\n

Durant scored 22 points and made a season-high 11 assists while Amen Thompson added 23 points on 10-of-12 shooting in sparking the Rockets.<\/p>\n

Houston (21-10) also got 20 points, six rebounds and six assists from Alperen Sengun while the Nets (10-21) were led by 21 points off the bench from Cam Thomas.<\/p>\n

NUGGETS DEALT ANOTHER HUGE BLOW AS INJURY NIGHTMARE WORSENS<\/p>\n

The injuries keep piling up for the Nuggets.<\/p>\n

Denver big man Jonas Valanciunas is expected to miss at least four weeks after suffering a right calf strain during the Nuggets\u2019 106-103 win over the Raptors on Wednesday, the team announced Friday.<\/p>\n

Valanciunas, 33, was forced to limp off the court late in the third quarter of Thursday\u2019s game, and now joins a lengthy list of injured Nuggets players.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey said it\u2019s a calf strain. I don\u2019t know how serious it is,\u201d Nuggets head coach David Adelman told BasketNews. \u201cWe\u2019re getting used to this. It seems every night someone has something. The cool thing about it is there is somebody else to get an opportunity from it, and that\u2019s how we have to look at it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Four starters are currently sidelined in Denver, including three-time MVP Nikola Jokic, who hyperextended his left knee during Tuesday\u2019s loss to the Heat and will be re-evaluated in a month.<\/p>\n

Valanciunas, who was averaging 8.5 points and 4.7 rebounds through 33 games with Denver this season, was expected to start in Jokic\u2019s place before getting injured himself.<\/p>\n

With both Jokic and Valanciunas hurt, the Nuggets will likely turn to rookie big man DaRon Holmes II or 2020 first-round pick Zeke Nnaji to fill the centre position in the meantime.<\/p>\n

The Nuggets are also without forwards Aaron Gordon (hamstring) and Cameron Johnson (knee), as well as guard Christian Braun (ankle) \u2014 all of whom are mainstays in Denver\u2019s starting line-up.<\/p>\n

Jokic, who was averaging nearly 30 points while leading the NBA in rebounds and assists, is the largest blow for the Nuggets going forward.<\/p>\n

Luckily, however, Denver avoided the worst circumstance regarding Jokic\u2019s injury, as it was initially speculated that the seven-time All-Star could have torn his ACL, which would have certainly ended his season.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, it\u2019s part of the game,\u201d Nuggets guard Jamal Murray \u2014 who is also listed as day-to-day \u2014 told reporters following Denver\u2019s loss to Miami on Tuesday. \u201cBut we never want to see it happen. \u2026 Next man up. We\u2019ve got to focus on what\u2019s in here.\u201d<\/p>\n

-This story was originally published in the New York Post<\/a> and reproduced with permission.<\/p>\n

ALL RESULTS<\/p>\n

Rockets 120 Nets 96<\/p>\n

Heat 118 Pistons 112<\/p>\n

76ers 123 Mavericks 108<\/p>\n

Celtics 120 Kings 106<\/p>\n

Jazz 101 Clippers 118<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tyrese Maxey struck for 34 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds to lead the Philadelphia 76ers over the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386723,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[3891,207475,2620,2095,20446,16107,7218,207474,64,63,7187,19704,4435,11895,45197,147893,185470,1663,3912,6167,7235,3896,3897,1662,12266,7214,12840,800,2755,37064,2105,5552,5330,7220,207479,3901,7216,7236,23898,5140,7223,1025,1666,12280,3906,32221,2041,2067,3371,5673,5548,31650,207478,45410,16102,194448,163948,10549,150835,85,3370,17602,2535,207476,2614,207480,207477],"class_list":["post-386722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-aaron-gordon","tag-adductor-soreness","tag-agence-france-presse","tag-america","tag-andrew-wiggins","tag-anthony-davis","tag-atlanta-hawks","tag-attack-mode","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-brooklyn","tag-cade-cunningham","tag-calf-strain","tag-cam-thomas","tag-cameron-johnson","tag-centre-position","tag-chris-haynes","tag-christian-braun","tag-colorado","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-david-adelman","tag-denver","tag-denver-nuggets","tag-detroit","tag-detroit-pistons","tag-dyson-daniels","tag-espn-inc","tag-florida","tag-fort-worth","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-golden-state-warriors","tag-head-coach","tag-houston-rockets","tag-injury-nightmare","tag-jamal-murray","tag-kevin-durant","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-max-christie","tag-miami","tag-miami-heat","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-new-york-post-company","tag-nikola-jokic","tag-norman-powell","tag-north-america","tag-northern-america","tag-oklahoma","tag-oklahoma-city","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-paul-george","tag-playoff-time","tag-preseason-game","tag-quentin-grimes","tag-rumours-swirl","tag-sam-hodde","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-seven-game-losing-streak","tag-sports","tag-texas","tag-toronto-raptors","tag-trade-rumours","tag-trade-rumours-swirl","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-walks-backcourt","tag-worrying-slump"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}