Anthony Davis injury blow as Lakers star tells trainers ‘I can’t feel my arm’ in NBA playoff game
‘I can’t move my arm’: Lakers star Anthony Davis sustains injury in first half of Lakers’ Game 1 playoff at Grizzlies…before managing to return to play second half
- Anthony Davis got a stinger against the Grizzlies late in the second quarter
- The Lakers star managed to come back in Memphis for the second half
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Anthony Davis handed the Los Angeles Lakers an injury in the first half of their first postseason game on Sunday, telling coaches, “I can’t move my arm.”
Davis was involved in an innocuous challenge with 1:15 left in the second quarter against the Grizzlies, and he immediately turned to the bench and was helped through the tunnel and back to the locker room.
Soon after, ESPN reported that the center had “suffered a sting to his right arm” but would be fit to return for the second half of the game – a huge boost for the team.
Davis’ injury comes just weeks after he missed playing time with a right foot injury, before returning to help the Lakers to the playoffs – via the Play-In Tournament.
At the halfway mark, the Lakers trailed the Grizzlies by six points, and Davis’ involvement will be vital to their progression in the postseason.
Anthony Davis grabs his right arm after a stinger late in the second quarter
Davis was able to return to court in the second half, after saying he ‘couldn’t feel his arm’
In the 2022–23 regular season, he averaged 25.9 points per game, including an incredible run in late March in which he recorded 38, 38, and 37 in a four-game series—with 15 in the other.
Davis has played with the Lakers since 2019, having played the previous seven with the New Orleans Hornets that became Pelicans.
He was selected first overall by New Orleans in the 2012 NBA Draft.