Anthony Davis left the Warriors-Lakers game early after copping a poke to the eye and LeBron and Darvin Ham spoke about the injury postgame.
Davis left the game in the first quarter on Saturday night after he was accidentally hit in the left eye by Warriors rookie Trayce Jackson-Davis while scoring a layup.
He tried to play on for the next few minutes but his eye began to swell shut.
“I think he got an elbow to the left eye. Wasn’t able to see out of that left eye, vision blurred,” Ham told reporters after the Lakers’ 128-121 loss to the Warriors. “Looking at the doctors, they were working on him from the time he left the floor and went back to the training room through halftime. The biggest thing is just making sure he’s OK and we’ll get an update on him pretty soon.”
He will be monitored to determine his availability for Monday’s game against the Hawks.
LeBron spoke about the loss and how losing AD changed the whole landscape of the Lakers’ plan.
“When you’ve been preparing for a couple of days with our prep and you lose a key component to your team in one quarter, we tried to pick it up, but, obviously, there’s some things we can’t do without AD,” LeBron said.
Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell added, “We’re not accustomed to playing without [Davis]. He’s played almost every game this year, right? So that’s something that is unfamiliar for us. But it’s no excuse. Jaxson played his ass off. Everybody else that came in stepped up to the plate. But that’s a tough team, well-coached team. So it’s not going to be easy.”
Although he has a reputation for missing games, Davis has been durable this season and has played in 65 of LA’s 69 games.
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