2023-05-11 16:08:06
Los Angeles Lakers traveled to San Francisco with the illusion of eliminating Golden State Warriors of the NBA Playoffs 2023 and seal their pass to the Western Conference final, but they had to return home with a defeat and with Anthony Davishis best player this postseason, sore.
What happened to Davis and what is the latest on it? Everything that is known so far, below.
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What injury did Anthony Davis suffer?
Anthony Davis took a punch from Kevon Looney Seven and a half minutes from the end of the fourth quarter: the Golden State Warriors player unintentionally hit him in the temple with the elbow of his left arm while they were both fighting for a rebound at the Warriors’ rim.
Anthony Davis took an elbow to the face by Kevon Looney and headed to the Lakers bench pic.twitter.com/c93QkY6S4p
— hoops bot (@hoops_bot) May 11, 2023
That Looney punch left Davis in shock, who had to go sit on the substitute bench and failed to recover.
AD did not even try to return to the match, still with a good time ahead, and by his face you might tell that he was not feeling well. Finally they took him to the nearest room to examine him betterthey noticed that It was difficult for him to maintain stability standing up and that’s why they used a wheelchair to transfer him to his changing room.
After the game, Darvin Ham, the Lakers coach, told the press that spoke to Davis and that he is fine.
Lakers head coach Darvin Ham provides an update on Anthony Davis
— Action Network (@ActionNetworkHQ) May 11, 2023
Chris Haynes reported on TNT that according to his sources, Davis has not suffered a concussion and he already felt better a few minutes following the game.
It appears that Anthony Davis has avoided a concussion, per @ChrisBHaynes pic.twitter.com/MG6d7YROdh
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) May 11, 2023
Davis left the Golden State Warriors stadium on foot, along with his teammates.
Lakers’ Anthony Davis (head injury) walks out of Chase Center following Game 5 loss to Warriors pic.twitter.com/hJH9r027zW
— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) May 11, 2023
When is Anthony Davis coming back? Recovery time
In the event that Davis had to go through the nba concussion protocolwhich prevents the player from returning to the court until he does not present any symptoms and is cleared by medical professionals, it was likely that he would have been able to play Game 6 between the Lakers and Warriors next Friday, May 12.
However, everything indicates that he has been lucky not to suffer a concussion and will be available on fridayas reported by TNT journalist Chris Haynes.
Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis (head injury) is expected to be available for Game 6 on Friday barring a setback, league sources tell @NBAonTNT, @BleacherReport.
— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) May 11, 2023
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