Anthony Davis endured the pain of the team, the Los Angeles Lakers won the "most important game of the season"
It seemed that the Los Angeles Lakers fans would have a nightmare when their team was far ahead, and Anthony Davis was on the field because of an injury. But the bigman born in 1993 suppressed the pain to continue playing, then had one of the best matches from the beginning of the season.
In 37 minutes on the court, Anthony Davis dominated the area under the basket with 38 points, 17 rebounds, 1 steals and 2 blocks. AD's finishing performance reaches 15-26 FG, besides it is 8-10 FT.
It's hard to believe this is the stat of a player who flipped his ankle mid-game and was lying on the pitch in great pain. From Rudy Gobert and then Karl Anthony Towns, no one could stop Anthony Davis from glowing inside the 3-second zone.
However, not only Anthony Davis, the Los Angeles Lakers also dominated Minnesota with an extremely uncomfortable defense and a more effective attack.
Anthony Davis led the Lakers with 38 points and 17 rebounds. Behind him are five other Lakers players with over 10 points, led by LeBron James (18 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists) and D'Angelo Russell (12 points, 10 assists).
"I know for sure that I will have to stay on the field again. I don't want to sit out because of injury at this point," Anthony Davis shared. "The result is the most important win of our tournament".
This victory helped the Los Angeles Lakers have more wins than losses for the first time this season, reaching a total of 39-38 and climbing to 7th place in the Western rankings.
Meanwhile, the Minnesota Timberwolves were overtaken by the LA Lakers themselves and dropped to 7th. Mike Conley and Karl-Anthony Towns led with 25 and 23 points, respectively. The other outstanding name is Kyle Anderson with 17 points, 6 assists, 3 blocks and 2 steals.