Anthony Davis Injury: Updates on Pelicans Star’s Shoulder and Return

February 7th, 2015 by Tyler Conway Leave a reply »

New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis left Saturday's game against the Chicago Bulls after taking a nasty fall on his right shoulder and would not return, per the team's Twitter feed.

Marc J. Spears of Yahoo Sports reported that Davis is "just sore." NOLA.com's Jimmy Smith reported that Davis had him arm immobilized after the game and will be reevaluated on Sunday.

Monty Williams supplied his take on the injury to the Associated Press (via ESPN):

"He says he's a bit sore right now. He couldn't move his arm the way he needed to, so we got him out," Williams said. "He kept saying he was OK ... but the doctors didn't feel good about getting him back out, so we've got to get more evaluation and we'll have a better update" Sunday.

Davis fell after finishing off an alley-oop on a fast break. NBA.com shows how it happened:



Voted an All-Star starter for the first time in 2015, Davis is in the midst of what can only be viewed as his breakout campaign. He's been on the periphery of the MVP discussion all season, becoming the two-way force New Orleans envisioned ...

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