Lakers big man Anthony Davis is unlikely to be available for Game 5 on Tuesday, sources tell Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter link).
As Charania explains, although Davis – who suffered a left groin strain on Sunday – may not be ready to go on Tuesday, there’s optimism that he won’t have to be ruled out for the series. He’ll continue to be evaluated on a daily basis this week. If Davis misses Game 5, his next opportunity to suit up would be on Thursday for Game 6.
The Lakers and Suns are tied at 2-2 in their first-round series, and L.A. has been at its best when Davis has been at his best. He averaged 34.0 points and 10.5 rebounds in the team’s two wins in Game 2 and 3. In a Game 1 loss, he put up just 13 points and seven rebounds. Prior to his early exit in Game 4, he had recorded six points and four rebounds in 19 minutes.
If Davis is sidelined for Game 5, frontcourt players like Markieff Morris, Kyle Kuzma, and Montrezl Harrell could see increased roles, while LeBron James and Dennis Schröder will have to take on added scoring and play-making responsibilities.
As someone who really wants to see Phoenix win the series, I’m ok with that.
His health this season really justified his decision to take a 5 year deal to start the season
He is missing an average of 17 games/year in his twenties, so it’s fair to assume he will miss even more than that after he turns 30. The Lakers will begin to regret signing him to such a long contract if he can’t play more than 30-40 games in each of the next four seasons. At least he got them one ring.*
No, they won’t regret keeping Anthony frigging Davis. Do you realize how ridiculous that sounds.
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lakers should have no worries they have 1 of the deepest benches in the NBA. All the teams have injuries this time of year. Their coach needs to adjust for a win.
Their bench is crazy deep, 13 different Lakers in game 5 played at least 10 minutes each. They’re practically an All-Star team unto themselves. So good.
I’m a die hard lakers fan and I have to admit that without AD, I can see the suns closing out the series on Thursday.
Setting stage to add to lebrons legacy. Building hopelessness and fear only to have lebron pull it out in 7 games by himself. Taking a lot of notes from wwe, this is entertainment not sports anymore.
So when does AD confront LeBron about being his illegitimate son?
So then why do spend all this time on this site talking about basketball? If you think it is fake, why do you watch basketball? Why do you comment on this site? Why did you spend so much time preseason talking about who the Lakers should sign? These are genuine questions. Because you’re extremely inconsistent.
I enjoy the entertainment and same production quality of the wwe. All the fake story lines, injuries and comebacks. I don’t take it seriously like you do curtis. I also do enjoy simpletons like you who can’t see who the winner is…. it’s predictable and predetermined.
Too much money involved for it not to be, just keeping it transparent and honest. Refs have been bad for years and the nba hides behind them like a shield because if there weren’t refs how could you fix games? Chalk it up to human error? We could use technology to get rid of refs in a heartbeat. Sorry I Choose to use my brain to figure this out.
I don’t take basketball seriously dude, it is a diversion.
Anyway, you didn’t answer any of my questions.
Regardless, looks like you won’t be talking on here about basketball anymore, since you think it’s fake and all. Nice talking hoops with you bro.
So who is orchestrating this? Silver? The Lakers? LeBron? AD? TIN. FOIL. HAT.
This isn’t the East and lebron a lot older but he has carry a less talented team inn the playoffs
This is tricky for the Suns. Now everyone expects them to win, but at the same time the Lakers are talented enough to beat them even with AD. An inexperienced team could have a hard time grappling with such situation.
Hmmm, i can see lebron bully ball his way.. I hope he still has enough left in the tank..
How many times during the game tomorrow will the cameraman cut to Anthony Davis on the bench with his head buried in his hands during the loss? I’ll go with 20.
How many times do you check your phone in a day to troll on here? I’ll say at least 100.
Hopefully we can find a decent mix of players to lock up game 5