As he’s done countless times during his career, Davis took his game up a level once the stakes got higher. During the Lakers’ championship run, he averaged 27.7 points and 9.7 rebounds while putting up absurd 57/38/83 shooting splits. He played big when the small-ball Rockets tried to run the Lakers out of the gym in the second round. He got physical when future MVP Nikola Jokic battled him in the paint during the conference finals against the Denver Nuggets. And he hit a game-winning 3-pointer in Game 2 against the Nuggets, which was another example of just how much his game had evolved over the years. Davis is only 28, but he’ll soon become one of 19 players in NBA history to reach 14,000 points, 6,000 rebounds and 1,300 blocks. He’ll join Rasheed Wallace and Clifford Robinson as the only players on that list who also have drained 250-plus 3-pointers in their careers.
