Lakers star Anthony Davis will visit an ophthalmologist today after getting poked in his left eye during Sunday’s game, according to Dave McMenamin of ESPN (Twitter link). Sources tell McMenamin that Davis experienced swelling in the eye and had difficulty keeping it open. He wasn’t able to return to the game, but the appointment is considered “precautionary,” McMenamin adds.
The play occurred in the third quarter when Davis blocked a dunk attempt by Toronto center Jakob Poeltl, writes Dan Woike of The Los Angeles Times. As they met at the rim, Davis was inadvertently hit in the eye and fell to the court. Coach J.J. Redick told reporters that Davis was experiencing issues with his vision after the incident.
“I just know that he got poked in it,” Redick said. “He was having trouble seeing. Obviously taking a little bit of trauma to the eye, it takes a little bit of time to get your clear vision back. But other than that, no update.”
There’s more from Los Angeles:
- LeBron James posted 19 points, 16 assists and 10 rebounds Sunday night, making him oldest player in NBA history with triple-doubles in back-to-back games, McMenamin adds (Twitter link). With his 40th birthday approaching next month, James talked about the effort that goes into remaining one of the league’s top players. “It’s pretty cool that with the amount of miles I’ve put on the tires, lack of tread on these tires, and I’m still able to get up and down the highway and do it at a high level,” James said. “I just try to give everything to the game outside of the game before the game even starts, if that makes sense. I arrive here four to five hours before the game, and I’m already doing all the things to put me in position to be the best I can be when the fans are here and the ball is tipped and everybody’s going crazy.” James added that he “won’t do it until the wheels fall off, I’ll tell you that.”
- Redick is impressed by the way Cam Reddish has adapted his game for the good of the team, per Khobi Price of The Orange County Register. Reddish made his second straight start on Sunday night, and he appears comfortable in that role. “You just kind of have to have a long-term view and really embrace the things required for that specific team to get on the floor,” Redick said. “And for us, having a defensive presence guarding the primary matchup, primary scorer, those are the things that we need Cam to do. I told him early in preseason, I said, ‘look, we’re going to figure out the offensive part of it and where we can have you feel like you have a role there. But full stop for you to get on the floor, it has to be on the defensive end.’ And over the last week, he’s really embraced that.”
- Dalton Knecht hasn’t lost his confidence despite a rough start to his NBA career, Price adds. The first-round pick is a three-point shooting specialist, but he’s connecting at just 27.8% from beyond the arc in his first nine games. “I’m not speaking for him, but I think for shooters, it’s hard mentally when you get off to a slow start shooting the ball,” Redick said. “It can kind of weigh on you. I’ve talked to him about it, he believes the next shot’s going in every single time. And so do I.”
The Knecht hype trained derailed as soon as the regular season started. Lakers don’t even play him in the 4th Qtr of close games.
Whatever would we do without these every other day Lakers reports??
Daltons looked fine, certainty isn’t getting shy…you gotta like that, he’s decisive and knows what works for him and wont shy away
All his shots been right on line with beautiful form, no different than preseason when they all fell. In my books he is ahead of schedule for a career that’s 10 games old
IMO, he really shouldn’t be characterized as a 3 pt specialist. He’s a jump shooter with range. At least that’s what he was his last year in college, and what he profiled as in the draft. IDK how he should fit into the current LAL rotation. That can always be a tougher question with the LAL than with most other teams.
Agree, he makes good cuts off ball which plays up well when sharing the court with LBJ
Has a ton of game inside the 3 line he’s just going to have to re-work it a tad as it will be a lot harder to get off at this level. He will never be above average athletically at this level, something that probably wasn’t true at all his past stops (HS/College)
Always interesting to see those type of players attempt to counter…some do/ some dont
Yep, at least a tad. DK was as a first option multi-level scorer on the offensive end. With the LAL starting group, he’s a down the line option. He’s not the first young player to be in that position, but most guys with his skill set don’t last to #17 and then get picked by a team with established superstars in win-now mode. He seems to have the coach. LBJ and AD took Reeves in, but his skill set was a supporting one. DK is a scorer who needs support.
Reddish plays D ……
says a lot about the Lakers when he’s their stopper.
Redick must be a genius lols.