The flame-throwing shooter tried to finesse his way past. The mammoth brute attempted to power his way through. Neither could summit Mt. Davis.
In the latest addition to his early Defensive Player of the Year resume, Anthony Davis made four key stops in crunch time against Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray, cementing the Lakers’ 105-96 win in Denver.
It was an exclamation mark on a day that started with Davis missing the team’s morning film session due to flulike symptoms … and included needing an IV drip at halftime.
“He comes in and has a … Defensive Player of the Year type of performance,” coach Frank Vogel said.