Andrew Wiggins, Anthony Davis expected to play through injuries

Davis left the court clutching his head after taking a wrist to the temple from Kevon Looney in the fourth quarter and didn't return.

Reportedly, the wheelchair was precautionary in case Davis had a concussion. It sounds like Davis avoided a serious head injury, and avoided the...accident that led Paul Pierce to leave the court in a wheelchair during the 2008 Finals.

Wiggins also appeared to suffer his injury in the fourth. Like Davis, he appeared to get hurt battling for rebounding position on a shot that went in.

In contrast to the demonstrative Davis, Wiggins was so stoic that Looney told reporters no one knew he was injured until much later. Looney suffered a similar rib fracture in Game 2 of the 2019 Finals and called the pain "seven or eight" on a scale of 1-10.

"It's a lot of pain, but once you get in your head that it can't get worse, it's like, 'All right, I can deal with it,'" Looney told reporters. "Once I got that confirmation from the doctor that I couldn't get worse, that I couldn't die on the court, I knew I might be able to play through it."

Looney acknowledged that it was easier to ignore his injury because he rarely shoots, something Wiggins will have to do. He'll also likely have to keep guarding LeBron James, where he's been fairly successful so far. By LeBron standards, at least.

Wiggins looked like he was in a lot of pain after James fouled him on an and-one late, but he played through it then. 

With the Warriors facing elimination, they're going to need Wiggins to ignore the pain for two more games. The Lakers need Davis even more, so perhaps he can borrow Brian Scalabrine's old anti-concussion headband for the rest of the series.