Anthony Davis Makes Awaited Return In Nets Victory
LeBron James said Anthony Davis makes the Lakers ‘complete’ upon the big man’s return to the court on Tuesday night.
Anthony Davis played against the Brooklyn Nets after 17 games out injured with a sprained MCL in his left knee.
He had 8 points, 2 rebounds, 4 blocks and 2 assists as the Los Angeles Lakers won 106-96.Â
The Lakers went 7-10 in the absence of Anthony Davis, who hadn’t played since Dec. 17.
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LeBron James has been on a remarkable scoring run in the absence of his partner in crime. However, he is more than happy to see Davis back in action.
“He just makes our team so much more complete, our length defensively, our ability to really get up in people’s faces because we know we got him at the rim or our ability to switch a lot of things because he can literally guard 1-through-5,” teammate LeBron James said.Â
“Offensively, it just attracts another set of eyes off of myself, off of [Russell Westbrook], off of [Carmelo Anthony], off of [Malik Monk]. Off everybody because he’s such a dynamic player.”
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“For the most part I felt fine, felt great out there and the first couple minutes the adrenaline took, and after that the wind caught up to me,” Davis said. “When I caught my second wind, I was fine for the rest of the game.
“I don’t know about the whole minute restriction thing, I think for me that might come off,” Davis said. “Might tell [coach Vogel] I don’t need that, but we’ll see.”
