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Los Angeles Lakers star big man Anthony Davis missed the team’s game against the Memphis Grizzlies due to injury. He was ruled out for the game and Los Angeles ended up dropping another game.<\/p>\n
Lakers head coach JJ Redick provided an update\u00a0on the big man, hinting that he could be available for the team’s game on Friday against the Philadelphia 76ers.<\/p>\n
\u00a0I don\u2019t expect to go through it again on Friday. For all of us, we want to take a long-term view on all of our players\u2019 health for an 82-game season. Whatever he just did on the court, I didn\u2019t watch it, obviously, but I just spoke with him before coming to talk to you guys. He was very positive about how it felt.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut we recognize we got a long flight back to L.A., got to turn around and do it again on Friday. Hopefully, the extra 48 hours of rest will be good.\u201d<\/p>\n
Davis has seen injury problems in the past so any issue with him can be concerning. However, it seems that the star big man is dealing with some soreness in his foot and nothing overly serious.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s a diagnosis,\u201d\u00a0Coach JJ Redick said\u00a0of Davis before the game. \u201cIt\u2019s just left foot soreness. We haven\u2019t gotten an image or anything. From my understanding, it is something that off and on has bothered him a little bit throughout the summer and so far in the season, but I don\u2019t think there\u2019s an official diagnosis, so it\u2019s just left foot soreness. We\u2019ll obviously miss him a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n
Davis has been the best player for the Lakers to open the year. He has dominated on both sides of the ball and it’s helped Los Angeles look much more competitive at times.<\/p>\n
He has averaged 32.6 points, 11.7 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.6 steals, and 1.9 blocks per game so far. Davis is the engine that makes the Lakers go so whenever he is forced to miss any time, it’s a detriment to their chances of winning a game.<\/p>\n
It seems that he may have avoided anything that could sideline him for weeks but it will certainly be something to monitor moving forward. Los Angeles returns home for a multi-hame homestand and will try to improve on their 4-4 record to open the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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