A clearly-hobbled Anthony Davis gutted out a superb effort in Sunday afternoon’s matinee showdown with the Denver Nuggets, but it wasn’t enough as the visitors came away with a 129-118 win. The shorthanded Lakers, who were without LeBron James as he still works his way back from a sprained ankle suffered last Sunday, followed a familiar formula of battling hard for three quarters before running out of gas.
Davis was visibly uncomfortable throughout the game as he continues to deal with lingering pain from his left foot sprain, but that didn’t stop him from a monster performance of 28 points, nine rebounds and eight assists with three blocks and two steals.