The Dallas Mavericks entered their Christmas Day road game against the Golden State Warriors looking to build on a 131‑130 win over the Denver Nuggets, a game in which Cooper Flagg scored 33 points and Anthony Davis added 31 to snap Denver’s 11‑game road win streak. Dallas was aiming to make it two wins in a row behind those performances.

Dallas started to chip away a little after Klay Thompson knocked down a mid-range shot, and Cooper Flagg got downhill to draw a goaltend (iffy) on a layup, which brought the lead down to 7. Then, Brandon Williams hit a basket in transition to cut the lead to five with less than seven minutes left.

The Mavericks trailed by as many as 17, but made the game interesting by bringing the game within five nearly halfway through the fourth quarter. Their comeback efforts to achieve a Christmas miracle fell short once Stephen Curry drilled a 26-foot 3-pointer to give the Warriors an 11-point lead.

Anthony Davis’ Christmas Day ended the same way many difficult nights have for the Dallas Mavericks this season. The veteran big man was ruled out for.

NBA fans have seen this too many times before: Anthony Davis has left the game with an injury. The Dallas Mavericks star limped to the locker room during his team’s Christmas Day face-off with the Golden State Warriors and was ruled out for the remainder of the contest with right groin spasms, per Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/nba/mavericks/onsi as Mavericks hosting Nikola Jokic, Nuggets in final game before Christmas.

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