considered a trade with the New York Knicks for Evan Fournier and Cam Reddish<\/a>. The Lakers were also involved in multiple trade rumors involving point guard Russell Westbrook. But they do not want to include any draft picks to get rid of him.<\/p>\nThe Lakers were already treading water on the Western Conference Playoff Bubble before Davis went down with an injury. After a horrendous 2-12 start, the Lakers were 10-4 over their previous 14 games. They were hoping to make a run after the holidays to improve their chances of a postseason spot. Without Davis the next several weeks, the Lakers will be hard-pressed to move up in the standings.<\/p>\n
The Lakers have a 12% chance to advance to the postseason, and less than a 1% chance to win the championship, according to a projection by FiveThirtyEight. Their numbers predict the Lakers will finish the season with a 36-46 record.<\/p>\n
The Lakers play seven out of their next nine games on the road, including a game on Christmas against the Dallas Mavericks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Los Angeles Lakers will not have big man and leading scorer Anthony Davis in the starting lineup for multiple weeks while he recovers from a foot injury. On Friday evening, Davis collided with Nikola Jokic from the Denver Nuggets in the first half. He was ruled out at halftime and never returned to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":248548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[83079,1074],"tags":[81835,81255,81033,82911],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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