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Los Angeles Lakers’ All-Star Anthony Davis underwent an X-ray on a troublesome wrist but insists there is nothing structurally wrong with it.
Davis had a first-quarter scare in Thursday’s 105-87 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers when he landed on the wrist in his second game back after an MCL sprain kept him out for 17 games.
The 28-year-old power forward seemed troubled by the wrist complaint at times, yet still scored a game-high 31 points along with 12 rebounds and four blocks in an entertaining battle with Joel Embiid.
Davis left the court and had the wrist re-taped before playing on, confirming he had undergone an X-ray which was clear when asked.
“On a play on a back cut, I dunked it and Joel tried to block it,” Davis said at the post-game news conference. “Body contact, went to the ground and tried to catch myself and landed on my wrist.
“[I’m] a little sore. Nothing wrong with it. No fracture or nothing. Just a soft tissue injury, soreness and stiffness.”
Davis added: “My wrist was bothering me toward the end so I was trying to shoot the ball. [To] follow through and stuff and see if I could shoot, to be honest.”
AD (23 points, 5 boards, 2 blocks) out-dueled Joel Embiid (13 points, 6 boards) in the first half, hitting 10 of 13 FG’s, including 7 for 7 in the paint, plus 3 jump shots.
But Philly was +15 from three, and holds a 54-48 lead.
The game may have been Davis’ second game back but it was not alongside All-Star teammate LeBron James who was absent with knee soreness.
The pair have struggled to regularly play together, much to the frustration of Davis who admitted he did not know James was out until shortly prior to tip-off.
“I found out when I literally got to the arena when I was changing to go on to court,” Davis said.
“Someone said ‘you know Bron’s not playing?’, ‘I didn’t know that’. It’s been a thing all year. Even last year, we were flopping in and out of the line-up.”
Lakers head coach Frank Vogel said James would be “day-to-day” with the knee soreness, with a game against the Charlotte Hornets to come on Saturday.
“He’s a big part of what we’re trying to do,” Davis added. “He was playing out of his mind. I don’t know his status for tomorrow but we’ve got to be able to win ball games until he gets back.”
