The Los Angeles Lakers lost yet another important game on Saturday, this time to the Golden State Warriors, 128-121. As a result, they have fallen into 10th place in the Western Conference behind the Warriors, and they’re three full games behind the eighth-place Phoenix Suns.
To add injury to insult, the Lakers lost Anthony Davis during Saturday’s contest. He was poked in the eye during the first quarter, and after leaving the game toward the end of the period, he didn’t return. His absence was very conspicuous, especially on the defensive end.
The superstar big man is listed as questionable for Monday’s game against the Atlanta Hawks.
The Lakers list Anthony Davis as questionable for Monday vs. ATL. Are now calling his injury suffered against the Warriors a left corneal abrasion pic.twitter.com/Gk0oxax7Zi
— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) March 18, 2024
The good news is that, according to a source, he has been improving. He reportedly had so much swelling in his hurt eye that it was swollen shut.
A source familiar with Davis’ injury told ESPN the Lakers big man began to feel improvement Saturday night and continued to improve Sunday https://t.co/YEVIY8FVbn
— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) March 18, 2024
Los Angeles is 6-6 since the All-Star break, and it could be on the verge of gradually falling apart as the regular season winds down.