In accordance with the Lakers, Davis is heading again to Los Angeles and will likely be reevaluated in about one week. Meaning he’ll miss at the very least the three remaining video games within the membership’s highway journey — Thursday in Washington, Saturday in New York and subsequent Tuesday at Intuit Dome vs. the Clippers.
The Lakers’ subsequent residence recreation is on Thursday, Feb. 6, the day of the commerce deadline, towards Golden State.
Whereas it doesn’t essentially sound like Davis’ ailment is critical, the timing isn’t nice, provided that the massive man had been taking part in a few of his finest basketball of the season within the video games main as much as the damage.
Davis racked up 42 factors and 23 rebounds in a win over Charlotte on Monday after having put up 36 factors and 13 rebounds in a victory over Golden State on Saturday. Throughout his most up-to-date 4 video games coming into Tuesday, he had averaged 32.8 PPG, 15.0 RPG and a pair of.5 BPG, with the Lakers outscoring opponents by 60 factors throughout his 136 minutes on the court docket.
The Lakers, who had been up by three factors when Davis exited on Tuesday, ended up dropping to the Sixers by 14.
“When our greatest participant goes out, it’s all the time difficult,” LeBron James mentioned, per Dave McMenamin of ESPN. “If he’s out from the start, then now we have a recreation plan set. We all know what to anticipate, we all know what our lineup goes to be. However when AD or any one among our guys go down all through the course of a recreation, it’s simply powerful.”
Dorian Finney-Smith began the second half vs. the 76ers instead of Davis, because the Lakers utilized a small lineup that featured three forwards (Finney-Smith, James and Rui Hachimura) and no true heart. Head coach JJ Redick could return to that look within the subsequent few video games, although reserve facilities Jaxson Hayes and Christian Koloko additionally determine to play elevated roles.
The damage information wasn’t all unhealthy for the Lakers on Tuesday, as Hachimura returned following a two-game absence as a result of left calf soreness. Gabe Vincent (left knee soreness) sat out a second straight contest, however is taken into account more likely to return through the highway journey, Khobi Price of The Orange County Register relays.
