Davis, new forward Rui Hachimura expected to be available Wednesday against San Antonio
Anthony Davis is finally back.
The Los Angeles Lakers star will return Wednesday for the team’s game against the San Antonio Spurs after missing 20 games with a foot injury, according to ESPN’s Dave McMenamin.
Davis will be on a one-minute ban and must play no more than 24 minutes. It’s unclear how long the minute restriction will remain in place in the future.
Davis suffered a fractured bone in his right leg and a stress reaction on December 16 against the Denver Nuggets. He went up in the paint with Nuggets star Nikola Jokic and began jumping up and down in pain almost immediately after landing on his feet. He was later suspended indefinitely by the Lakers.
Davis was playing some of the best basketball of his career before going down. He averaged 27.4 points, a career-high 12.1 rebounds, and shot a career-best 59.4% from the field this season, his fourth with the team. (Lakers Star Anthony Davis Will Return From A 20-Game Absence Due To A Foot Injury Against The Spurs)
The Lakers went 10-10 without Davis and leaned heavily on Thomas Bryant during that stretch. The Lakers also acquired big man Rui Hachimura from the Washington Wizards on Monday, and he is available to make his Lakers debut on Wednesday.
The Lakers enter Wednesday having won three of their last five games. They lost to the Los Angeles Clippers 133-115 on Tuesday despite LeBron James scoring 46 points. James is chasing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s all-time scoring record and is now 178 points away from claiming the title.
