The stage was set for Tuesday night to go down as The Anthony Davis Flu Game and with his performance in the closing moments of the Los Angeles Lakers 105-96 victory over the Denver Nuggets, he did exactly that. After the game, more detail came out about Davis’ heroic performance.
Although Davis wasn’t the only player who was reportedly dealing with flu-like symptoms, he did receive an IV in the Lakers locker room during halftime of their win against the Nuggets, according to ESPN’s Dave McMenamin.
Davis finished the night with 25 points, which tied his teammate LeBron James for a game-high. Davis made several huge plays defending the rim in the last few minutes but he also did an excellent job disrupting Nikola Jokic for most of the night as the All-Star center had an off-night from the field.
In addition to the two superstars, the Lakers got a nice lift off the bench from Dwight Howard (12 points, six rebounds), Rajon Rondo (11 points, six rebounds and six assists) and Alex Caruso (Six points, four rebounds, team-high plus-11).
Now the Lakers are off to Salt Lake City to face the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night.
