Then things got a little silly, as Anthony Davis sat down and the Pels went with an ultra-small Anderson-Babbitt-Gee-Douglas-Frazier line-up. Ed Davis immediately treated that like the insult it was and rebounded everything everywhere. Gentry tried to counter with Perk – who was immediately put into pick and rolls against guys he couldn’t keep up with. The net result was Gerald Henderson looking like a star and the Blazers going up by 16 before Davis could get on the court again. At halftime, the Pels were down 14 and looked ready to quit.
And then Davis didn’t come out of the locker room after half-time, apparently dealing with knee pain that was desginated a “sore left knee” later.