Anthony Davis was crucial in the second half of the NBA play-in game vs. the Golden State Warriors, leading the Los Angeles Lakers to a 103-100 win over their conference rivals.
Davis revealed what got him going in the second half to help the Lakers return from a 13-point deficit to claim the victory and the seventh seed.
(via NBC Sports Bay Area):
“You never want to poke the bear,” Davis told reporters after the game. “It’s funny. I told Jordan Poole that too. When we both got the double techs, I came down and hit the mid-range [shot] and I said ‘You done woke me up.’
He then talked about how he and LeBron James react to those type of moments, when an opponent is trying to get in their minds during a game.
“… we’re confident enough in our games, especially when we’re struggling, that you never want to poke the bear. That’s playoff basketball. We love it. It’s fun to trash talk, it kind of gets us going.”
The Lakers will face the second-seeded Phoenix Suns in the first round of the NBA playoffs starting Sunday in Phoenix.
