The Minnesota Timberwolves defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 110-92 on Friday night.
While L.A. suffering its 14th loss of the year was bad, the far worse news that emerged from this affair was Anthony Davis’ latest injury.
In the first quarter Davis seemingly hurt his ankle, but ultimately soldiered through. Unfortunately, in the third quarter he hurt himself again – this time his knee.
After the game, the prognosis on Davis’ injury looked okay, but also a bit unclear.
Regardless of what happens with Davis, viewers at home couldn’t help but notice that he got injured as a result of something his teammate, LeBron James, did.
The sequence that led to Davis getting hurt went as follows: James pushed off on Timberwolves forward Jaden McDaniels, who then fell into Davis’ left knee.
Yikes.
The Lakers have been having a rough season. Nobody thought they would be hovering around .500 at this juncture, 30 games into the year.
Currently L.A. is being linked to a potential trade involving Russell Westbrook that could radically alter the NBA landscape and the course of its season.
But if that deal fails to materialize, the team could be headed for a very disappointing 2021-22 NBA campaign.
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