Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James. Brad Rempel-USA TODAY Sports

Watch: LeBron James shove leads to Anthony Davis injury

Originally posted on Game 7 | By Anthony Amador | Last updated 12/18/21

The Minnesota Timberwolves defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 110-92 on Friday night.

While L.A. suffering its 14^th 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.

AD sitting on the floor under the tunnel as he was making his way back to the locker room pic.twitter.com/acLnWl9csR

— ’ ️ (@_Talkin_NBA) December 18, 2021

After the game, the prognosis on Davis’ injury looked okay, but also a bit unclear.

Source familiar with Anthony Davis’ left knee injury tells ESPN, “so far all is in good structure, but want to take another image.”

— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) December 18, 2021

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.

Anthony Davis heads back to the locker room for the second time tonight after injuring his knee.

(: @SpectrumSN) pic.twitter.com/4lyiUdp2Ee

— theScore (@theScore) December 18, 2021

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.

This article first appeared on Game 7 and was syndicated with permission.

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