Anthony Davis: The Suns know they got lucky last year with my injury.

[HanzGruber]

tbf lakers were destroying the suns when AD was at the 5 from what i remember

Up 2-1 and 10pts in the 2nd qrt but tbh whats the point of talkin about it? This franchise needs to live in the present moment...not in 2012

Well he was asked about it. Blame the reporter

[Woodsanity]

More like AD got lucky with his mickey mouse ring. In a normal season he would have broken down before the playoffs were over.

Just another overrated career loser riding the coattails of Lebron.

[skones]

There's just not a whole lot of luck required for a guy who's missed about 25% of his entire career to miss a game in the playoffs.

[EArl]

If you didn't have glass bones AD, this wouldn't be an issue.

[bwgood77]

I love how everyone wants to forget CP3 was hurt and this made the series much closer than it would have been.

I'm sure the Suns would feel pretty confident with a healthy CP3.

Yeah,people rarely seem to mention that Chris Paul, who was more important to the Suns last year than Davis was to the Lakers, was playing with one arm from games 1 (after the first half) to game 3. He couldn't shoot and was turning it over too much..could barely dribble. He was conflicted on even playing because he knew he was likely making the team worse but also felt he'd be letting his teammates down if he sat.

The Lakers stopped guarding him allowing them to double Booker or Ayton. Besides, in game 3. Once Paul was healthier in game 4, even while AD was still healthy in the first half, the Suns led at halftime on the road and AD was 2-9 in the first half. The Lakers also unlikely win game 2 if Paul was healthy.

[Ballerhogger]

2-1 series lead that’s a fair take .

[LV-Suns]

Laker fans keep mentioning being up 2-1 when CP3 was hobbling around unable to dribble or shoot games 2-3. I guess that doesn’t fit their narrative.

To add, the Suns were one of the only teams that didn’t tank at the end the season to avoid playing the Lakers in the first round. They were confident going up at against them and convincingly beat them game 1 when everyone was healthy.

[DonaldSanders]

Everyone mad at this when y'all said the same thing about the 2019 Warriors. I guess it all depends if you like the team or not.

You're comparing arguably the best team of all time vs. a one chip wonder that fell off hard. Apples are not oranges.

The Warriors in 2019 weren't playing anything like the best team of all time. They were playing like generic title contenders.

The Raptors in their 1 year window of opportunity with Kawhi stepped up and won it all. They earned it.

I didn't say the Raptors didn't earn it, they beat who was playing so they earned it. However, most people do consider the KD Warriors one of the best teams of all time, nobody says that about the Raptors title team.

[The Laker Kid]

I actually would love to see the Lakers play the Suns again this year.

Either LA pulls off a universal level upset, or (most probably) Lebron and AD get another taste of that humble pie they so desperately need.

I don't like either Lebron or AD. Not sure if I mentioned that.

Same here. I won't be mad if the Lakers trade both of them for some young (and humble) talent.

[Raptor_Guy]

"Lucky" implies AD is never hurt and magically got injured only during the Suns series which is clearly not the case.

[og15]

Sure, as long as AD would agree to conclude that if the Lakers had beaten the Suns with one armed CP3, then they got lucky.

The problem for AD is that the Suns came back a season later and have the best record in the league, so yes, teams get advantaged by injuries, but saying lucky, well...

[NYPiston]

He's not wrong. The Lakers were on their way to winning the series with the Suns having no answer for Davis then he got injured and it changed the entire complexion of the series. The Suns did get lucky that he went down but, then again, injuries are a part of the sport especially in recent years so it is what it is.

[OriginalRed]

Man shut up AD. You know damn well you being injured isn't "luck" as much as it is an everyday occurence. What's really "lucky" is you being able to survive the entire 2020 playoffs without missing a game, which only further proves how beneficial that 4 month hiatus was for him and Lebron.

[bwgood77]

He's not wrong. The Lakers were on their way to winning the series with the Suns having no answer for Davis then he got injured and it changed the entire complexion of the series. The Suns did get lucky that he went down but, then again, injuries are a part of the sport especially in recent years so it is what it is.

Lakers were lucky Chris Paul was severely injured in their wins in games 2 and 3 when AD was healthy. AD was 2-9 in game 4 as the Suns led at halftime when he got injured.

Paul was also injured in the 2nd half of game 1 and the Suns still won.

[liquidswords]

AD isn’t wrong. If people are offended and making excuses the suns would have won with AD and Lebron at 80% coming back from the severe high ankle sprain.

Lakers were better last season when AD and Lebron played (compared to this season). I honestly thought lakers would have won in 5 or 6 games max. Just a combination of lakers experience and suns inexperienced in the playoffs.

Now this season. Yeah. The suns have more experience and just a better team. So I don’t think a healthy lakers team Vs a healthy suns team. The suns would win this year in 5 games max.

But last season. Lakers would have taken down the suns had AD been healthy.

And by the way. I hate both the lakers and Suns (well I don’t hate the suns. Since I like suns since Charles Barkley went to play for them but I just dislike cp3 in this later years of pushing tugging and playing pretty dirty. So I’m not a fan of either teams currently so being objective as possible.

Its literally insane, literally, to keep saying "IF AD had been healthy." He's never played a full season. Also, as many have brought up, CP3 was hobbled for most of the series too.

[og15]

He's not wrong. The Lakers were on their way to winning the series with the Suns having no answer for Davis then he got injured and it changed the entire complexion of the series. The Suns did get lucky that he went down but, then again, injuries are a part of the sport especially in recent years so it is what it is.

Yea, but were the Lakers more lucky that Paul got injured and couldn't use his dominant arm right from the second half of game 1 or the Suns more lucky that AD got injured? Paul mentioned that he felt he was hurting the team, but he wanted to be out there, and of course you know the players respect him and don't want to say anything.

It's the Lakers fault for not taking full advantage of an offensive player on the opposing team who literally could not shoot or contribute as a scorer offensively for the majority of the series and allowing the Suns to stay in the series.

They kept guarding Paul for a good amount of time while he was literally useless as a shooter, so that's their own fault.

[NyKnicks1714]

He's right. The fact that the Lakers are awful this year doesn't change what happened last year. If every team was fully healthy last season, I think the Nets sweep the Lakers in the Finals.

[LordCovington33]

He's not wrong. The Lakers were on their way to winning the series with the Suns having no answer for Davis then he got injured and it changed the entire complexion of the series. The Suns did get lucky that he went down but, then again, injuries are a part of the sport especially in recent years so it is what it is.

Lakers were lucky Chris Paul was severely injured in their wins in games 2 and 3 when AD was healthy. AD was 2-9 in game 4 as the Suns led at halftime when he got injured.

Paul was also injured in the 2nd half of game 1 and the Suns still won.

Serious injury, maybe. Severe? Not a fan of hyperbole. That said, I agree with what you’re saying - both teams had injuries to star players.

[NYPiston]

Lakers were lucky Chris Paul was severely injured in their wins in games 2 and 3 when AD was healthy. AD was 2-9 in game 4 as the Suns led at halftime when he got injured.

Paul was also injured in the 2nd half of game 1 and the Suns still won.

Eh, you're right. I actually forgot that CP3 was hampered in Games 2 and 3.

Regardless, injuries are a part of the game and have played a big role in the playoffs the last 7-8 years or so in particular.

[bwgood77]

He's right. The fact that the Lakers are awful this year doesn't change what happened last year. If every team was fully healthy last season, I think the Nets sweep the Lakers in the Finals.

Not sure. Before Paul got injured in game 1 for the second half, the teams were healthy, despite players from both teams being banged up as usual.

Suns win game 1 with a healthy AD and CP3 healthy for a half. Then in the second half they have AD healthy and Paul was useless, but hurting the team more than had they had Payne in.

Game 2 is close with Paul completely useless and not being guarded, allowing LA to double...this before LA went down. Game 3 Paul still useless and AD healthy. Lakers expected to win without CP3 healthy given the Suns had been bad the year before with Paul not there...26-39 before the bubble when teams they played were resting people and had all stars out.

In game 4 Paul started to feel better and AD played in the first half and was 2-9 and the Suns left at halftime....this a game in LA too so Suns were on pace to win on the road against a healthy AD with the Lakers to tie it up and have Paul healthy, where they had beaten LA in the series so far when both were healthy (game 1 when Paul was healthy for only a half, and the first half of game 4).

Lakers can't ever stay healthy though last year or this year so expecting them ever to be healthy doesn't matter. We can talk all day about other teams that would have won past finals if players didn't get injured, but nothing is guaranteed and injuries are a part of the game.

But had neither Paul or AD gotten injured, the Lakers had a chance, but the Suns still likely win. We will see this year if the Lakers are healthy in the playoffs and they meet again.