The Los Angeles Lakers’ difficult season is about to get a lot more difficult.
Lakers star Anthony Davis is expected to miss at least a month with a right foot injury according to Shams Charania of The Athletic, while Chris Haynes of TNT says he will be sidelined indefinitely.
The injury appeared to occur during the Lakers’ 126-108 win over the Denver Nuggets on Friday, when Davis pulled up limping after trying to finish a lay-up.
The development is obviously a massive blow for the Lakers, who had somewhat recovered from their miserable 2-10 start to the season but still had a long way to go from their current record of 12-16. Davis was averaging 27.4 points, 12.1 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game while shooting 59.3 percent from the field.
Davis had been a massive run as of late, averaging 40.2 points and 13.2 rebounds in his last five games played entering Friday.
The Lakers obviously accrued plenty of practice playing without Davis last season when he missed significant stretches of time with a left MCL injury and right ankle injury. In games without Davis, the team went 16-27, and they can only hope they do better this time.
