Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis faces a lengthy injury layoff despite a scan revealing he had not suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon, ESPN reported Monday.
ESPN said Davis was unlikely to return to action before the NBA’s All-Star break, due to take place from March 5-10.
Concern mounted for the 27-year-old’s fitness after he limped out of Sunday’s defeat to the Denver Nuggets with a recurrence of his Achilles problem.
Davis missed two games against the Oklahoma City Thunder last week with tendonosis in his right Achilles before returning to face Memphis on Friday.
A statement from the Lakers said Davis had undergone an MRI scan on Monday that revealed no sign of a…
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