Anthony Davis gave Lakers followers a giant scare when he left Sunday’s sport towards the Pelicans with an obvious again harm.
With 5:52 left within the fourth quarter, Davis was seen clutching his again from a non-contact play earlier than limping to the scorer’s desk. Davis then fell flat on his again and grimaced in ache earlier than asking to be subbed out. The sequence pressured announcers to make the dreaded “this does not look good” name on the dwell telecast.
The harm additionally obtained the likes of Skip Bayless to set off the alarm bells.
Regardless of Davis’ exit, the Lakers held onto a 124-108 victory over the Pelicans, a workforce they’ll once more face in the No. 7 vs. No. 8 play-in game on Tuesday.
Will Davis be prepared in time for the play-in conflict?
“Little doubt that I will play,” Davis told reporters after Sunday’s harm scare. “I am going to clearly see the way it feels over the subsequent 24 to 36 hours — get some remedies and massages — and prepare for Tuesday.”
Davis then detailed the rationale for his early exit from the sport.
“Larry [Nance Jr.] simply gave me a shove from the again and my again simply locked up,” Davis stated. “It is nothing regarding, however I used to be within the air [when I got shoved]. It was hypertension and the again simply locked up. Nothing regarding for me, although.”
These phrases will certainly be music to the ears of each Laker fan worldwide, of which there are lots of. Whereas it is ironic of Davis to endure an harm scare within the common season finale, the Kentucky product appeared in a career-high 76 video games this season, essentially the most since he performed 75 video games in 2017-18.
Davis averaged 24.7 factors, 12.6 rebounds and a pair of.3 blocks from 76 video games.
