Following his dominant performance against the Hornets in the Lakers’ Monday night victory, Anthony Davis discovered he was in a different league from the other players.
The Los Angeles Lakers exploited a Charlotte Hornets squad that was entirely shorthanded on players on Monday night. The lack of players in the Hornets frontcourt allowed Anthony Davis to take advantage of the situation. The Lakers defeated the Hornets 124-118, and Davis was so dominant that it seemed as though he barely needed to break a single drop of sweat to set the path for the triumph. In the end, Davis had 11 assists, 15 rebounds, and 26 points.
Despite the fact that this was Davis’ third career triple-double (he had already scored two this season), the Hornets were unable to respond to him. PJ Washington and Nick Richards were unable to stop the Lakers star from dismantling them in a way that had never been seen before. It took Davis’s performance to make history.
Anthony Davis has become the first player in the history of the Los Angeles Lakers (X) to record at least 25 points, 15 rebounds, and 10 assists in a single game, according to the team’s official Twitter account. When it comes to stuffing the stat sheet, Davis has even outperformed players like Magic Johnson and LeBron James, who are regarded as two of the best players in league history.
It is not a simple feat for Davis to have completed; to start, the Lakers’ best player has averaged 2.5 assists per game in his career. Even though Davis says he played point guard during his life, he’s not exactly renowned for his dishing out of the court. As a result, it is uncommon for him to reach the 10-assist plateau, which he has only done twice in his professional career (his first triple-double consisted of blocks rather than assists). This is particularly true when he doesn’t lead the ballhandling in the same way that Johnson and James do.
The fact that the Los Angeles Lakers had a lot of Hall of Famers who played for the franchise before Anthony Davis does should give you even more insight into his incredible accomplishments. When it came to his performance against the Hornets, Davis was on par with top players like Shaquille O’Neal, Kobe Bryant, Jerry West, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. In particular, Davis’s performance was outstanding. It’s striking, though, that they don’t.
The Lakers seem to be improving, and this is coincidental with the trade deadline. It is currently unclear exactly what the Lakers want to do in order to improve their roster. But it’s safe to assume that when they play the Denver Nuggets on February 8, the day after the deadline has passed, they won’t be fielding the same lineup.