Anthony Davis didn’t look engaged during the Lakers’ game against the Thunder.
Maybe because it was known that LeBron was going for the scoring record and he wouldn’t be involved much, but social media found it fascinating that he didn’t even attempt to celebrate after Bron broke the scoring record.
Here is what happened on the bench when LeBron told AD he loved him via For The Win.
Davis didn’t look particularly healthy or impactful when he was on the court. Maybe there is something that happened that the public doesn’t know about yet. But the optics make this look like an awful lack of support from Davis.
Later in the game, during the fourth quarter, the NBA on TNT camera crew also caught a mic’d up LeBron trying to celebrate with Davis:
LeBron said, “I just want you to know I love you, bro. That’s all I want you to know.”
Once again, however, Davis didn’t show much enthusiasm or give LeBron any of that love back in return.
It’s worth noting that during his postgame interview after the loss, Davis seemed very frustrated and despondent about the way his team played:
With 27 games remaining this season, the Lakers are five games below .500 and two games back of a spot in the Western Conference play-in tournament.
Davis must get back to playing how he was before he got hurt earlier this season for Los Angeles to have any shot of contention for the remainder of the season.
If the Lakers make the playoffs, Davis has to play like he is trying to break a scoring record, or they will be dead in the water.
It says a lot about the Lakers’ season that they couldn’t even beat the Thunder on such a great night.
Flip the page for Anthony Davis, not caring about the record being broken.
