NBA Pelicans shut down Davis for rest of season

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Anthony Davis of the New Orleans Pelicans, pictured on March 14, 2016, sustained a left knee injury (AFP Photo/Ezra Shaw)Los Angeles (AFP) - New Orleans Pelicans star forward Anthony Davis will miss the rest of the NBA season, and likely the Rio Olympics, with knee and shoulder injuries that need surgery, coach Alvin Gentry said Sunday.

"We're going to shut him down, so he's done for the year," Gentry said before the Pelicans' game against the Los Angeles Clippers.

Gentry also said the knee injury would probably force Davis, who won Olympic gold at London in 2012, to miss the Rio Games.

"If I was a betting man, probably so," Gentry said.

The Pelicans did not release specifics on…