Lakers lose Anthony Davis vs. Sixers due to abdominal strain

PHILADELPHIA — Los Angeles Lakers huge man Anthony Davis exited early in Tuesday night time’s 118-104 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers with an stomach 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 had 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 practically as many turnovers (8) because the Sixers (9). “If he is out from the start, then we now have 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 powerful.”

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

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

Tyrese Maxey led the Sixers, who had 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 night time on a tear, averaging 32.8 factors on 58.2% taking pictures, 15 rebounds and a couple of.5 blocks in the course of the Lakers’ four-game profitable streak.

“He is taking part in at a extremely excessive degree 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 highway journey in Washington on Thursday and New York on Saturday earlier than returning to L.A. to face the Clippers in one other highway sport on the Intuit Dome on Tuesday.