Anthony Davis Stymies Nuggets Despite Flu

NBA teams have a real job on their hands this season to stop Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis.

Anthony Davis was instrumental in another Lakers win on Tuesday, with 25 points and 10 rebounds. His defensive play put a stop to Nikola Jokic as the Lakers beat the Denver Nuggets 105 – 96. 

What makes this even more impressive is that Anthony Davis was playing in a weakened state. And not for the first time this season, either.

According to reports, Davis required a flu injection at halftime versus the Nuggets. This comes after he played through the pain of injury over the last few weeks. If Davis can play through shoulder injuries, rib injuries, elbow injuries and the flu, there’s no telling what he will do when he’s 100%.

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“He’s been doing it all year,”  said LeBron James.

“Playing through injuries, playing through illness like he did tonight. [He’s the] Defensive Player of the Year, and he showed tonight once again playing one-on-one versus ‘Joker’ in the post. When there were switches, going on with Jamal Murray, playing one-on-one versus a small. Got stop after stop after stop. Just a monster game for him.”

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“[The sickness] didn’t factor in,” Davis said. 

“I was trying just to make the right play. Not trying to force anything. I think the shots that I had were good shots. But I was kind of overthinking it a little bit. Not because of illness, but the way they were playing me. And then just trying to be aggressive in the second through fourth quarters. Just trying to get my team going, get them some looks and get myself some looks. So the illness didn’t really play a big part that I thought it would, especially playing in Denver in the altitude.”