Anthony Davis left Friday night’s 119-114 win against Cleveland with a chest injury. He played only seven minutes, scoring 8 points and grabbing 1 rebound, before leaving with 5:30 left in the first quarter. Pelicans spokesman Matt Ryan called the injury a chest contusion from an apparent collision with another player’s elbow.
“I just know when he was on the bench he was wincing as if he couldn’t breathe, so I was hesitant to put him back in the game,” Pelicans coach Monty Williams said. “We watched him for a while, and he took himself out. That’s when I knew he didn’t feel right.”
Davis came into Friday’s contest averaging averaging 25.1 points, 10.6 rebounds and 2.9 blocks. Without Davis, the Pelicans were still able to get the win with assistance of Tyreke Evans who scored 31 points and Ryan Anderson who scored 30 points and tied his career-high in 3 pointers made in the game with 8.
“This was a game that we knew that we had to fight extra hard without Davis,” Anderson said. “This was a huge win for us so I’m really happy with the way we played.”
The Pelicans take on the 19-2 Golden State Warriors Sunday and it is supposedly up to Davis whether or not he plays on Sunday.
