Report: Lakers lose superstar player for an extended period

There is bad news coming out of Los Angeles for Lakers nation. Lakers big-man and perennial All-Star Anthony “AD” Davis sprained his MCL in his left knee according to Shams Charania. According to sources on the team, the injury will require Davis to miss at least four weeks.

The former Kentucky Wildcat and No. 1overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft, suffered the injury in Los Angeles’ 110-92 feet at the hands of the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday. Davis left the game with nine points on 4-7 shooting from the field, one rebound, and one block.

Davis has had a long history of dealing with injuries. Most recently, last season, he missed 36 of 72 games with various injuries. And in the playoffs last year, Davis missed the Lakers’ final two games in their first-round series against the Phoenix Suns. And without their big-man, the Lakers were put away by Phoenix in the first round losing the series 4-2.

Kentucky up on UNC at the half

After 20 minutes of play, the Kentucky leads the North Carolina Tar Heels 40-29. That score only tells part of the story. The ‘Cats were up by 18 with 4:21 left before letting the Tar Heels cut the lead to 11.

After his worst performance of the season vs. Notre Dame, Sahvir Wheeler came out with something to prove. Wheeler has a team-high 14 points on 7-10 from the floor. Oscar Tshiebwe started the game on a roll, racking up seven rebounds in seven minutes, but picked up his second foul at the 12:37 mark. The fact that Kentucky was able to get out to such a big lead without him bodes well for the second half.

Kentucky is shooting 41.7% (15-of-36) from the floor, 42.9% (3-of-7) from 3-point range while holding North Carolina to 37% (10-of-27) from the field.