It's not usual to see the Los Angeles Lakers struggle. They entered the season as reigning NBA champions, and it looked like they were going to dominate the Western Conference as long as LeBron James and Anthony Davis are on the court.
That's the catch. With both of their supestars out with injuries for a good part of the season, the Lakers slid in the standings and are now almost a lock to take part in the play-in tournament.
Then again, after back-to-back wins against playoff teams like the Phoenix Suns and New York Knicks, Lakers guard Alex Caruso isn't worried one bit, and warned the rest of the league about Anthony Davis' rising level.
Alex Caruso Says Anthony Davis Is Back And Angry
"I can’t speak for him personally, but I know I’ve heard a lot of chit chat, some tweets, some words around the world about ‘AD is so soft and he’s falling all over the place,’ and guys got to understand they’ve just got to give him a couple games to get his feet under him,” Caruso said.
“The beast is waking up, as everybody can tell. Last game he looked more like himself, this game he’s doing reverse dunks to finish the game. We’re starting to see vintage AD and he’s rounding in to form," he added.
Anthony Davis Says This Is The First Challenge The Lakers Have To Face Since He Got There
Davis, however, seemed unbothered by the outside noise, and rather than send a message; he just said that this challenge has been fun for him because it's the first time he's had to endure something like this in Los Angeles:
"It's been fun, to be honest. We were a great team last year, and this is the first time since I've been here that we ran into a challenge. This is a different challenge for us," Davis told the media, as quoted by ESPN.
Davis was used to fighting until the last game of the season to clinch a playoff spot during his time with the New Orleans Pelicans, so it's not like he hasn't been in this kind of situation before.
