On March 25, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA regular season continued. As of today, the NBA regular season has come to an end, and the Lakers currently have a record of 31 wins and 42 losses, ranking 9th in the West, and they are trying their best to qualify for the playoffs.
Earlier today, Dave McMenamin brought good news. It has been revealed that if Davis' recovery goes well, he is expected to make a comeback as early as the first week of April! In recent times, Davis has been traveling with the team and conducting shooting training before the game, and all indications are that Davis is getting closer and closer to his comeback.
So far this season, Davis has played 37 games for the Lakers, averaging 35.1 minutes per game, averaging 23.1 points, 9.7 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 12 steals, 2.3 blocks, shooting 53.7% from the field and 18.2% from three-point range. Davis suffered a midfoot sprain in the Lakers' game against the Jazz on Feb. 17, and he has been absent ever since.
It is worth mentioning that in the past two seasons, when James and Davis can play, the Lakers' record in the playoffs is 18-7! The Lakers are currently 4.5 wins behind the 8th-place Clippers in the West, and the team has little hope of rising to the top 8 in the Regular Season in the West.
If they want to make the playoffs, they will most likely have to make it to the playoffs as the 8th in the West through two playoffs. If so, they'll meet the Suns in the first round of the playoffs. In the first round of last season, the Lakers and the Suns met in the first round, and it was because of Davis's injury that the Lakers were eliminated by the Suns 2:4.