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"He's going to be out for four weeks," Vogel
said. "We want to try to put this fully behind him, be
conservative with it just to make sure it's fully healed before
he's back."
The timetable keeps Davis out until after the All-Star break.
"He's doing exactly what he needs to do to get himself back into
the best health that he can be in," teammate LeBron James said.
"He has an injury that he can't mess around with too much, and
as an organization, as his teammates, as me as his brother, he
has our full support. So, take his time, as much as he needs."
Davis missed two games with the Achilles injury before
aggravating it in Sunday's game against the Denver Nuggets.
Davis bumped legs with Nuggets center Nikola Jokic with 2:39
left in the second quarter. He stayed in the game to make two
free throws before walking gingerly to the locker room.
Davis had 15 points in 14 minutes before leaving with the Lakers
trailing 60-55. The Nuggets won 122-105.
Davis, 27, is averaging 22.5 points and 8.4 rebounds in 23
starts this season. He helped the Lakers win the NBA title in
his first season with the team in 2019-20. The seven-time
All-Star was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft and
has career averages of 23.9 points, 10.3 rebounds and 2.4 blocks
in 551 games (546 starts).
(Field Level Media)
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