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Anthony Davis out for night 2 of back-to-back after leading Lakers' win

NEW ORLEANS — After a massive performance in a must-have 123-108 win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday, Los Angeles Lakers star big man Anthony Davis will sit out Wednesday's game against the Houston Rockets, according to coach Darvin Ham.

«He's not going to play,» Ham said after Davis put up 35 points and 17 rebounds against his former team. «He hasn't been cleared. Even though he's been playing pain-free, we made an organizational decision, starting with our team doctors, to hold him out of back-to-backs.»

Davis was reevaluated by Lakers medical personnel about two weeks ago after sitting out the second night of a back-to-back against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

His right foot, which caused him to miss 20 games earlier in the season because of a stress reaction and a bone spur that fractured off the navicular bone, did not show significant healing, sources told ESPN. The doctors stuck to the same recommendation not to put Davis at risk of a setback from overexposure by participating in back-to-back games.

«It's just one of those things where even though he's playing pain-free, it's still an active injury,» Ham said. «So we have to monitor it and stick to the plan, as we always have done. And just go out there with our other guys and try to get a W and finish the trip the right way.»

With the Lakers up 75-40 at the half Tuesday, Ham said he considered resting Davis to try to save him for Wednesday, but he ended up needing to play Davis 17 minutes in the second half as New Orleans cut the cushion all the way down to 13 in the fourth quarter.

«It definitely was a thought, but obviously, that's a hell of a ballclub over there that has a lot of pride and they made their push,» Ham said. «So having to reinsert him into

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