PHOENIX -- Los Angeles Lakers star forward Anthony Davis will not play in Tuesday's pivotal Game 5 in L.A.'s first-round series with the Phoenix Suns because of a strained groin, the team announced.
Markieff Morris will start in Davis place, according to the lineups released 30 minutes before tip-off.
Davis hurt his groin late in the second quarter of Game 4 and did not play after halftime, opening the door for the second-seeded Suns to tie the series at 2-2 against the seventh-seeded Lakers.