Los Angeles Lakers forward Anthony Davis strained his abdomen Tuesday and will be reevaluated in about a week, the team announced Wednesday. He has returned to Los Angeles for treatment of the injury.

LaMelo Ball was forced to leave the Charlotte Hornets' game against the LA Lakers on Monday after suffering a foot injury.

Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball left Monday night's game against the Los Angeles Lakers in the second quarter with a left ankle injury and did not return.

Anthony Davis had 42 points and 23 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers used a huge first quarter from the All-Star center to build a 23-point lead before beating the Charlotte Hornets 112-107 on Monday night for their fourth straight win.

Los Angeles Lakers star guard Austin Reaves reveals how the Charlotte Hornets were desperate to defend their superstar Anthony Davis.

Victor Wembanyama is one of the league’s very best players. The San Antonio star and reigning rookie of the year is an All-Star for the first time, one of the 14 players announced Thursday night as members of the reserve pool for the Feb.

Joining Wembanyama as a West reserve are Jaren Jackson Jr., Jalen Williams, Anthony Edwards, Anthony Davis, James Harden and Alperen Şengün. The seven reserves from the East are Jaylen Brown, Pascal Siakam, Darius Garland, Evan Mobley, Cade Cunningham, Damian Lillard and Tyler Herro, as selected by the conference’s coaches.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Karl-Anthony Towns had already been named All-Star Game starters before the reserves were revealed Thursday night.

LaMelo Ball entered Monday night as the NBA’s fourth-highest scorer and leads the league in fourth-quarter points, field goals and made 3-pointers.

The Hornets' loss to the Lakers got even worse when star point guard LaMelo Ball had to leave with a concerning injury.