The Los Angeles Lakers dodged serious injury with their star forward Anthony Davis after a nasty fall in Tuesday night’s win against the Knicks and they may yet escape the ordeal without Davis missing any games at all because of it.
The latest update on Davis from Lakers practice is that he is “still sore” but is not ruled out for Friday night’s game against the Dallas Mavericks, according to The Athletic’s Bill Oram. That’s fantastic news for the Lakers, following another good sign that he will be with the team for their two-game trip after it was previously reported Davis would stay in L.A. and rehab.
Davis was injured late in the third quarter against the Knicks and gingerly walked off the floor, but did not return. Davis has missed only two games so far this season and the Lakers are 1-1 in those games. But if the Lakers don’t have Davis, it’s not like their opponents also aren’t lacking a key piece. The Dallas Mavericks announced earlier Thursday morning that they’d be without starting forward Kristaps Porzingis for the next few games.
If Davis doesn’t make it for Friday’s game, it doesn’t seem outlandish that he’d be able to play the following night in Oklahoma City against a strong Thunder team. But they also may take more time with him, in which case Kyle Kuzma will have a much bigger role for the Lakers.
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