Anthony Davis will not achieve his first goal of the season. The interior of the Lakers wanted to play all 82 regular season games, and here he is already in the infirmary. Decreased for a week due to back pain, his staff prefers that he rest, for fear that his injury will worsen.
“We all know that the back is something complicated… He was fine this morning when he woke up, then he went from activity to inactivity this afternoon…” explains Darvin Ham. “It’s the fifth game of the year… and obviously we need him. But in our head, the idea is: ‘Why take a risk?’ »
“If his head is not there, everything else will go wrong”
Anthony Davis explained that he suffered from back pain since training camp, and the pain started after a bus trip of about 200 kilometers.
Since then, he’s been trying to deal with the pain, and if it were up to him, he’d be on the pitch.
“He must do what is best for his body and his mind” believes LeBron James. “If his head isn’t there, everything else will go wrong. So he must have confidence in himself. Yes, he wants to play every game. Yes, he wants to be there for our team. But he has had a lot of problems in recent years, and he must have confidence in himself and his team and not put his body in danger. »
Ideally, Anthony Davis will be dressed Sunday against Denver. He will have benefited from four days of rest and treatment, but if he does not feel well, his coach repeats to him that it is useless to insist.
“He feels like he’s let us down, and he always wants to be available for the team. But I told him, ‘Don’t try to be a hero. We are all human beings. Just try to do your best’. »
| Anthony Davis | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2012-13 | NOP | 64 | 29 | 51.6 | 0.0 | 75.1 | 2.6 | 5.6 | 8.2 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 13.5 |
| 2013-14 | NOP | 67 | 35 | 51.9 | 22.2 | 79.1 | 3.1 | 7.0 | 10.0 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 20.8 |
| 2014-15 | NOP | 68 | 36 | 53.5 | 8.3 | 80.5 | 2.5 | 7.7 | 10.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 24.4 |
| 2015-16 | NOP | 61 | 36 | 49.3 | 32.4 | 75.8 | 2.1 | 8.2 | 10.3 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 24.3 |
| 2016-17 | NOP | 75 | 36 | 50.5 | 29.9 | 80.2 | 2.3 | 9.5 | 11.8 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 28.0 |
| 2017-18 | NOP | 75 | 36 | 53.4 | 34.0 | 82.8 | 2.5 | 8.6 | 11.1 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 28.1 |
| 2018-19 | NOP | 56 | 33 | 51.7 | 33.1 | 79.4 | 3.1 | 8.9 | 12.0 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 25.9 |
| 2019-20 | ALL | 62 | 34 | 50.3 | 33.0 | 84.6 | 2.3 | 7.0 | 9.3 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 26.1 |
| 2020-21 | ALL | 36 | 32 | 49.1 | 26.0 | 73.8 | 1.7 | 6.2 | 7.9 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 21.8 |
| 2021-22 | ALL | 40 | 35 | 53.2 | 18.6 | 71.3 | 2.7 | 7.2 | 9.9 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 23.2 |
| 2022-23 | ALL | 4 | 35 | 52.7 | 18.2 | 76.2 | 2.0 | 7.5 | 9.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 24.0 |
| Total | 608 | 34 | 51.5 | 30.2 | 79.4 | 2.5 | 7.7 | 10.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 23.8 | |
