After the Lakers recovered the broken possession, Anthony Davis found himself on the left wing, with the shot clock winding down and Marcus Morris Sr. hounding him. Davis rose up, firing a shot-clock-beating 3-pointer.
As the shot smacked the backboard on the opposite side of the floor, Davis walked backward, watching the ball as he awkwardly collided with the nearby scorer’s table.
The imagery of Davis falling and writhing in pain, holding his right ankle, was the latest gut punch to a Lakers squad that seemingly takes a new hit each day.
Earlier on Thursday, The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported that
