The Los Angeles Lakers are well on their way to securing a crucial blowout win against the New Orleans Pelicans on the final day of the regular season. This will allow LA to finish eighth in the West, thereby setting up a single-elimination Play-In matchup against the Pelicans (again) to determine the No. 7 seed in the conference.
Sunday’s contest may have ended in tragedy for the Lakers, though, after superstar big man Anthony Davis was forced to exit the game late in the fourth quarter.
Los Angeles Lakers News: Anthony Davis Suffers Apparent Back Injury Vs. Pelicans
The Lakers were already up big with a little more than five minutes remaining in the final frame. The game looked to be in the bag for them when Davis asked to be subbed out at that point in the contest. AD was seen limping to the sideline before asking to be taken out of the game:
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— Diamond Dog (@DiamondDogzzz) April 14, 2024
Davis spent a bit of time on the bench after being subbed out. He then headed to the locker room with the team’s medical staff, which is an undeniably unwanted scene for LA fans at this point in the season:
Anthony Davis has gone back to the locker room for evaluation.
— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) April 14, 2024
This is a developing story and will be updated shortly.
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