With only 28 matches left, the Regular Season of NBA 2023/24 will officially end. For the Los Angeles Lakers, they will need a healthy Anthony Davis to compete for a ticket to the Playoff round.
In the match against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Anthony Davis had an impressive performance with 27 points, 25 rebounds, 5 assists, 7 steals and 3 blocks. This achievement helped the Los Angeles Lakers win 120-109 against an opponent missing Rudy Gobert and Karl-Anthony-Towns for different reasons.
“We constantly strive and realize the importance of the match. The Timberwolves lack key players in the basket area, but they still have other names that can shine and win. We Just want to do my best to narrow the gap in the Western rankings,” Anthony Davis shared after the Lakers’ victory.
Join The Sporting News to look back at Anthony Davis’s top performance against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Statistics of Anthony Davis vs Minnesota Timberwolves
In the match against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Anthony Davis brought in 27 points, 25 rebounds, 5 assists, 7 steals and 3 blocks in 39 minutes of play. It’s even more impressive to know that he is playing with a slight shoulder injury.
With this performance, Anthony Davis became the first player in NBA history to have more than 25 points, 25 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 steals in just 1 game.
Not only that, Anthony Davis is also the first Los Angeles Lakers player to have 25 rebounds in a match, since Dwight Howard’s 26 rebounds back in 2013. If counted since 2000, there have only been 4 players named Anthony Davis, Dwight Howard, Andrew Bynum and Shaquille O’Neal all have over 25 rebounds in a game.
With a current record of 36 wins – 30 losses, the Los Angeles Lakers will desperately need a healthy and top-level Anthony Davis for the rest of the season. Not to mention, the presence of Anthony Davis is extremely important for the Los Angeles Lakers when entering the Playoff phase.
Record for rebounds in an NBA match
Anthony Davis’ achievement of 25 rebounds is very impressive, but this is not this player’s personal record. He had 26 rebounds in January 2019, when he was still with the New Orleans Pelicans.
In the 2023/24 NBA season, Jusuf Nurkic is the player with the most rebounds in a game with 31 in the Phoenix Suns’ 110-118 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The record for rebounds in a game in NBA history is held by Wilt Chamberlain, with 55 times since 1960.