Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis, who has played the 5th-most total minutes in the NBA this season with 2,276, suffered a corneal abrasion during a game, resulting in his left eye being swollen shut after inadvertent contact with Trayce Jackson-Davis. Despite the injury, which limited him to only 12 minutes in that game, Davis was monitored overnight and into Sunday to assess his availability for Monday's game against the Atlanta Hawks. Lakers coach Darvin Ham revealed that Davis was elbowed in the eye, impairing his vision and preventing his return to the game after halftime. Davis underwent final testing to determine his game-time decision status against the Hawks, taking into consideration his past LASIK surgery. Ultimately, the Lakers announced that both Davis and LeBron James would be available to play against the Hawks, marking Davis's return to the court.
Davis and LeBron are both officially in vs. Atlanta.
Anthony Davis is playing tonight despite barely gaining vision in his left eye over the past 24 hours. That street clothes talk is over. He’s an Iron Man. https://t.co/fFBnoadLkA
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Anthony Davis will play, per the Lakers. https://t.co/kKScDL8YWU
Lakers say LeBron James & Anthony Davis will be available to play tonight vs the Hawks
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Darvin Ham says Anthony Davis is going through final testing to decide whether he will play tonight. Said the team was cognizant of AD having gone through LASIK surgery in the past and that’s been something considered in evaluating the corneal abrasion
Anthony Davis remains a game-time decision tonight vs. Atlanta, per Darvin Ham.
Anthony Davis is on the floor doing his typical warmup, a good sign after he missed most of Saturday’s game with the eye injury: https://t.co/EURmSMctGf
✍️ for @SportingTrib. The Lakers will try to take care of business as they face an Atlanta Hawks team that is shorthanded. https://t.co/UQRwdUeAx4
Latest Anthony Davis update brings Lakers good news before Hawks game: https://t.co/3jC2xgJyj4
Anthony Davis’ status for Lakers contest vs. Hawks up in the air after latest report: https://t.co/vLxPixUD2a
New story: Anthony Davis, whose left eye was swollen shut from inadvertent contact from Trayce Jackson-Davis on Saturday, will be re-evaluated to determine his status for Monday against Atlanta, a source told ESPN https://t.co/mR5GYXaYDF
Darvin Ham says Anthony Davis was elbowed in the eye and wasn’t able to see out of his left eye. The Lakers’ doctors were working on his eye into halftime but he wasn’t able to be cleared to return.
Antony Davis’ vision was impaired and his eye was swollen shut after the contact, a source familiar with the injury told ESPN. Davis will be monitored overnight and Sunday to determine his availability Monday against Atlanta
Anthony Davis has played the 5th-most total minutes in the NBA (2,276) this season, but will only get 12 in tonight's game due to the eye injury.