The Lakers may have Anthony Davis for their most important game of the season as they fight to continue their season against the Phoenix Suns in game 6 of their opening round playoff series. Davis injured his groin in Game 4 of the series and missed Game 5as a result. According to Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium, the power forward will give it a go tonight, provided warm-up go smoothly.
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Lakers could have both Anthony Davis and Lebron James back in three weeks
According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski Los Angeles Lakers superstar forward Anthony Davis is scheduled to be re-evaluated by team doctors Thursday and could even make a return to the court in the next 10-14 days. AD has been out since February 14 with a calf strain and right tendinosis in his right leg. Though Davis was putting 22.5 points, 8.4 rebounds, 1.8 blocks and 1.3 steals per game , he was not quite playing at the level we have come to expect from the 8-time All-Star. Woj also reports that…
Read MoreAnthony Davis to miss at least a month
From nba.com: he Lakers’ short-term future in a competitive Western Conference is murkier than ever following Thursday’s loss to the Brooklyn Nets. The uncertainty came not from the game, but after it, when Los Angeles coach Frank Vogel disclosed that All-NBA big man Anthony Davis’ would miss at least another four weeks after his aggravated right Achilles’ tendon had been re-evaluated by team doctors. “He’s going to be out for four weeks,” Vogel said. “We want to try to put this fully behind him, be conservative with it just to make sure…
Read MoreAnthony Davis leaves game , re-aggravates Achilles tendonosis
Los Angeles F/C Anthony Davis left the team’s game against the Denver Nuggets after apparently re-aggravating his right Achilles’ tendon. Davis was making a move to the basked against Nikola Jokic when he came up lame and grabbed the back of his right heel. This is the same injury that caused AD to miss their game last Monday against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Davis will undergo an MRI on Monday.
Read MoreAnthony Davis “very likely” to miss Monday’s game with Achilles injury
From Dave McMenamin of ESPN: Lakers All-Star big man Anthony Davis is listed as questionable for Monday’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder with tendonosis of his right Achilles tendon, the team announced. A league source told ESPN it is “very likely” Davis will miss the Thunder game as a precaution and that Davis, 27, has been managing the discomfort “for a while.” Davis underwent medical imaging on the injury, the source said, which assured the Achilles tendon is in good shape. However, the nine-year veteran has been experiencing tightness in his right leg, causing…
Read MoreAD signs 5-year extension with Lakers
From Timothy Rapp of B/R: Anthony Davis is going to be a member of the Los Angeles Lakers for the foreseeable future. The Lakers and Davis are finalizing a five-year, $190 million max contract Thursday. His agent, Klutch Sports’ Rich Paul, confirmed details of the deal to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. His re-signing comes one day after LeBron James inked a two-year, $85.7 million extension with L.A. through the 2022-23 campaign. The Lakers’ trade for Davis was one of the biggest moves of the 2019 offseason, and it came at a high…
Read MoreAnthony Davis to play in Game 6
It should not come as a shock to anyone but Lakers big man Anthony Davis will play in tonight’s game 6 of the NBA Finals. per Mark Medina of USA Today: If the Lakers are to claim their seventeenth world title with a win, either tonight or in game 7, then Davis will need to be as close to 100% as possible.
Read MoreCould the Lebron, AD and the Lakers be in trouble?
For many, Game 5 of the 2020 served merely as the preceding formality to a coronation. Whether they like to admit it, it seems the Lakers had one eye on the Larry O’Brien trophy. Wearing special shoes and talk of the honor of winning for Kobe is a clear giveaway that there were thoughts that the end of the NBA Finals would soon be at hand. Media members of the Lebron James Fanboy Association were preparing their talking points to spread to the masses of how James is now the…
Read MoreSeptember 20, 2020 NBA Playoff Recap: AD brings it home for the Lakers
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Read MoreAnthony Davis will play against Clippers
All-world Los Angeles Lakers power forward Anthony Davis will take the court against the Los Angeles Clippers Thursday night. According to the Los Angeles Times’ Andrew Greif, Lakers head coach Frank Vogel said Davis would be in the starting lineup. Davis was poked in the eye in the team’s scrimmage against the Orlando Magic and sat out the team’s subsequent dress rehearsal against the Washington Wizards.
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