After the Lakers defeated the Warriors in the playoffs, they will also usher in the first game of the playoffs against the Suns on May 24, Beijing time. Prior to this, the injury reports of both teams have been released, of which the Lakers injury report lists Anthony Davis (right shoulder sprain) and LeBron James (right ankle sprain) as possible states (75% chance of playing):
In addition, the Suns' injury report has also been updated, compared to the Lakers, the Suns have no other injury problems except Abdul Nader (right knee arthroscopic surgery):
For this season's Lakers, the team's performance of only 7th in the West in the regular season is largely due to the injury problems of LeBron James and Anthony Davis, and it is indeed difficult for the Lakers to win the game in the absence of the two.
So in the playoffs, the Lakers need LeBron James and Anthony Davis to stay healthy, because only in this case, this Lakers will have a chance to win the championship trophy.
As for the Suns with Chris Paul and Devon Booker in the first round of the series, in theory, the Lakers are still the team with the advantage, after all, the Suns are almost all young players except for the core players such as Paul and Crowder, compared to the Lakers who have won the championship trophy last season.
However, one of the premises for the Lakers to make it through the first round of the series is that leBron James and Anthony Davis can stay healthy.
So far this season, LeBron James has averaged 25 points, 7.7 rebounds and 7.8 assists per game for the Lakers, and Anthony Davis has averaged 21.8 points, 7.9 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.6 blocks for the Lakers.