SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Dallas Mavericks center Anthony Davis suffered a groin injury in the second quarter against the Golden State Warriors on Thursday. The Mavericks said Davis would not return to the game because of groin spasms.

The San Antonio Spurs changed Victor Wembanyama's injury status ahead of their Dec. 23 game vs. the Oklahoma City Thunder. Here's the latest on Wemby:

— The league will do more, it said, to better utilize artificial intelligence and other tools to protect the game from unusual betting activity. It also will continue pushing for changes on the so-called “prop bets,” which the NBA hopes will reduce the risk of having player performances manipulated.

Calf strains are up this season, but time missed to calf strains is way up as teams are being more conservative.

Many of the league’s highest-paid players are getting hurt, and teams are on pace to rack up more than a half-billion dollars in lost productivity this season for their injured stars.

A year ago was a haunting game for the Mavericks, as Luka Doncic went down late against the Minnesota Timberwolves with a calf strain, and that would turn out to be his last game in a Mavericks uniform, as Nico Harrison traded him over a month later to the Los Angeles Lakers.

The San Antonio Spurs recently saw the return of Victor Wembanyama, and his coach gave an injury update on his status for the NBA Cup Final.

The NBA has informed its teams that the league will be enacting several sports betting policies, including a change to injury reporting rules — and that it's looking to address the tanking issue that's pervaded the association for years, ESPN's Shams Charania reported Friday.

The NBA has made changes to the way teams report on injuries while also asking for changes to gambling companies.

The Denver Nuggets watched Cameron Johnson suffer an injury against the Mavericks. They gave a bleak injury update afterwards.