When Davis was drafted No. 1 overall in 2012, he was immediately tasked with replacing Chris Paul, at the time the best player in New Orleans Hornets history. So excited was his new team about his upside that it rushed a rebuild around him that wound up costing him any chance of contending with the organization that drafted him.

Anthony Davis (left adductor strain) and Brandon Williams (oblique strain) entered the day as probable to play, but would they end up playing in a do-or-die situation? READ MORE: NBA insider reports on Ja Morant's chances of playing in Mavericks-Grizzlies The Mavericks announced before the game that both Davis and Williams would be available.

Anthony Davis did all he could in last night’s play-in final, dropping an impressive 40 points on 16-29 shooting. However, the Dallas Mavericks could do little else as they succumbed to a 120-106 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies to end their season.