Los Angeles Lakers forward Anthony Davis will undergo an MRI on Monday after re-aggravating a sore right Achilles late in the first half of a 122-105 loss to the Denver Nuggets.
“The doctors don’t want to rule out anything,” Davis said Sunday night. “Everything looks good, but you still want the MRI just to make sure.”
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Davis believes he may have stepped wrong as he drove to the basket and was fouled by Nuggets big man Nikola Jokic. Davis hobbled to the free-throw line, made both shots and then was subbed out with 2:39 remaining. He gingerly headed toward the locker room with what the team later termed an Achilles strain.
“For me, all I care about is his health,” his teammate LeBron James said. “I want him to be healthy. Our team needs him to be healthy … and do his due diligence on what’s going on with his injury and be right when he comes back.
“No rush. No timetable. We have no idea from that aspect. Just want him to be healthy…