Oft-injured Los Angeles Lakers power forward/center Anthony Davis found himself in street clothes again last night 

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for LA's 111-102 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Target Center in Minneapolis. Davis was rested after suffering a lower back injury during the landing Wednesday night.

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Spectrum Sportsnet's Mike Trudell was on hand for a Darwin Hamm chat with reporters during the network's pregame broadcast that shed light on the head coach's thoughts on Davis.

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Here are highlights of Hamm's response:

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"It was fine this morning when he woke up, but then this afternoon he went from active to inactive, and when you're on the road it's obviously not your bed, 

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so things like moving around in a foreign bed can tweak it and cause discomfort. But early in the season he's made— Getting out in front of it without wanting to put it in a w-break position... 

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and obviously, he needs us primarily to be healthy, 'Why take the risk??' Our thought process was... it's a good thing we're going home tonight after the game and so

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we'll be back in our own building and obviously we have our people traveling with us... [we] feel good. He's not playing tonight and This makes him available for the next match.

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An extended run on the hardwood last night seems to have aggravated the rear end. 

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Remember, Davis labored through a tweak back for 37 minutes during Wednesday's double-digit loss to the Denver Nuggets and their burly MVP center Nikola Jokic.

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Davis will get another chance to suit up for Los Angeles in their next game against the Denver Nuggets, this time at Crypto.com Arena, tomorrow night. 

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It certainly appears that L.A. May rest him a little longer, on and off since the preseason, rather than risk re-aggravating a nagging injury.

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