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1) Injuries just before the All-Star break suck, just ask Anthony Davis, Chris Paul
All-Star week, for most players a week off to relax with friends, maybe get away to Mexico or Las Vegas, a chance to let their body heal a little after grinding through 70% of the NBA season.
Anthony Davis is going to spend it with ice packs and treatment on his right ankle after he rolls it badly on a play where Malik Monk threw a pass behind him, Davis leapt and spun to get it, Rudy Gobert backing up lightly bumps him (nothing malicious, it was a basketball play) and Davis just came down wrong.
The X-rays were negative, Davis will get an MRI on Thursday, and the Lakers say he will be re-evaluated after the break (ESPN reports he is out at least two weeks). Don’t…