DALLAS -- Star power forward/center Anthony Davis exited Wednesday's game in the first quarter against the Indiana Pacers with what the Dallas Mavericks described as left lower leg soreness.

The team ruled Davis out at halftime.

Davis came up gingerly after scoring and signaled to the bench that he needed to exit the game. He crouched down on the sideline for several seconds when the Mavs called a timeout with 4:12 remaining in the first quarter and then headed to the locker room for further evaluation.

Davis had been listed as probable on the pregame injury report because of bilateral Achilles tendinopathy.

Davis, 32, played in only nine regular-season games for Dallas last season after arriving as the centerpiece in the return package in the controversial Luka Doncic trade.

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