Lakers lose Anthony Davis vs. Sixers due to abdominal strain

PHILADELPHIA — Los Angeles Lakers huge man Anthony Davis exited early in Tuesday evening’s 118-104 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers with an belly muscle pressure and didn’t return.

Davis subbed out with 2:10 remaining within the first quarter, with L.A. main 20-17, and instantly went to the locker room for examination. By the point he was dominated out for the remainder of the sport at halftime, the Sixers have been up 73-57.

“When our greatest participant goes out, it is all the time difficult,” mentioned LeBron James, who had 31 factors however dedicated almost as many turnovers (8) because the Sixers (9). “If he is out from the start, then we have now a sport plan set. We all know what to anticipate, we all know what our lineup goes to be. However when AD or any certainly one of our guys go down all through the course of a sport, it is simply robust.”

Davis didn’t communicate to reporters after the sport. When requested about Davis’ standing transferring ahead, James mentioned, “I feel he’ll be high quality.”

L.A. began the third quarter with Dorian Finney-Smith in Davis’ spot together with the starters.

The Lakers managed to chop the Sixers’ result in 12 within the third quarter earlier than back-to-back turnovers by James led to 2 straight 3-pointers that blew issues open for Philadelphia.

“We really discovered one thing good within the second half, after which we simply did not execute in two of these turnovers that he had have been on these performs,” Lakers coach JJ Redick mentioned. “I attribute that to simply numerous fatigue.”

Tyrese Maxey led the Sixers, who have been taking part in with out Joel Embiid (knee) and Paul George (hand), with 43 factors on 15-for-26 taking pictures.

Davis got here into the evening on a tear, averaging 32.8 factors on 58.2% taking pictures, 15 rebounds and a pair of.5 blocks in the course of the Lakers’ four-game successful streak.

“He is taking part in at a extremely excessive stage proper now,” Redick mentioned of Davis earlier than the Sixers sport. “He is acquired his pop and his juice again.”

Davis completed with 4 factors on 2-of-3 taking pictures, two rebounds and one steal Tuesday.

The Lakers proceed their five-game street journey in Washington on Thursday and New York on Saturday earlier than returning to L.A. to face the Clippers in one other street sport on the Intuit Dome on Tuesday.