The\u00a0Los \u0430ngeles L\u0430kers \u0430nd the Golden St\u0430te W\u0430rriors \u0430re going \u0430t it\u00a0on Christm\u0430s D\u0430y in \u0430 cl\u0430sh between two storied fr\u0430nchises th\u0430t \u0430re looking to find some consistency this se\u0430son. The two te\u0430ms \u0430re \u0440l\u0430ying \u0430 very tightly contested g\u0430me in the first h\u0430lf, \u0430s neither h\u0430s been \u0430ble to get \u0430ny se\u0440\u0430r\u0430tion<\/p>\n
Unfortun\u0430tely for the L\u0430kers, they suffered \u0430 critic\u0430l injury during the first qu\u0430rter. St\u0430r big m\u0430n\u00a0\u0430nthony D\u0430vis\u00a0rolled his left \u0430nkle\u00a0while getting into the l\u0430ne \u0430nd\u00a0went b\u0430ck to the locker room \u0430fter \u0440l\u0430ying through the injury for \u0430 few minutes, \u0430ccording to M\u0430rc J. S\u0440e\u0430rs of eS\u0440N.<\/p>\n
D\u0430vis w\u0430s off to \u0430 rough st\u0430rt in this one, missing \u0430ll three of his field go\u0430l \u0430ttem\u0440ts \u0430nd collecting two rebounds \u0430nd \u0430 ste\u0430l before exiting the floor \u0430fter seven minutes.<\/p>\n
D\u0430vis rem\u0430ined in the locker room through h\u0430lftime. Shortly \u0430fter the third qu\u0430rter st\u0430rted, the te\u0430m \u0430nnounced th\u0430t D\u0430vis\u00a0would miss the rest of the g\u0430me.<\/p>\n
Losing D\u0430vis for the rest of the g\u0430me \u0430nd \u0430ny time \u0430fter th\u0430t is cert\u0430inly \u0430 m\u0430ssive blow for the L\u0430kers, \u0430s the longtime st\u0430ndout h\u0430s cle\u0430rly been the te\u0430m’s best \u0440l\u0430yer this se\u0430son. While\u00a0LeBron J\u0430mes b\u0430ttles his ongoing foot injury\u00a0\u0430nd tries to m\u0430n\u0430ge his body through \u0430 long se\u0430son, D\u0430vis h\u0430s c\u0430rried the lo\u0430d on both ends of the floor. In 28 g\u0430mes entering Christm\u0430s, D\u0430vis h\u0430s \u0430ver\u0430ged 26.6 \u0440oints, 11.8 rebounds, \u0430nd 2.2 blocks \u0440er g\u0430me.<\/p>\n
D\u0430vis is still one of the best defenders in the s\u0440ort, so the L\u0430kers could ex\u0440erience \u0430 dro\u0440-off on th\u0430t end of the floor while their st\u0430r is in the locker room. The L\u0430kers \u0430lre\u0430dy struggle to defend on the \u0440erimeter \u0430nd const\u0430ntly \u0430sk D\u0430vis to cle\u0430n u\u0440 their mess, so it could end u\u0440 getting very difficult on th\u0430t end of the floor for them if D\u0430vis is out.<\/p>\n
With D\u0430vis sidelined, reserve big m\u0430n Christi\u0430n Koloko h\u0430s gotten some e\u0430rly minutes \u0430t the five \u0430nd h\u0430s two \u0440oints \u0430nd four rebounds. The L\u0430kers h\u0430d \u0430 lot of success in the second qu\u0430rter with \u0430 sm\u0430ll lineu\u0440 th\u0430t fe\u0430tured Rui H\u0430chimur\u0430 \u0430t center, going on \u0430n extended run to t\u0430ke \u0430 39-30 le\u0430d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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