LOS ANGELES — Anthony Davis had come running in for one of those celebratory shoulder-bump jumps, and he had reason to be so stoked.
It wasn’t just that LeBron James had buried a pull-up 3-pointer to stake the Lakers to a 19-point lead against the Hornets, or that James had raced Davis’ way when Charlotte called a timeout. It wasn’t just the adrenaline from a raucous Staples Center crowd.
Davis’ dash to James began on the bench, where he’d started the fourth quarter that the Lakers were blowing open. That meant James was temporarily toting the heavy load of the Los Angeles offense.
On the best night yet of his brief Lakers career — Davis had 29 points, 14 rebounds, three blocked shots and shot 10-for-19 in a 120-101 win — he could take a breath and be a spectator and know his team was in the capable hands of a Hall of Famer.
“Just knowing that I’m probably gonna play the whole third and then kind of sit…
