LOS ANGELES — Anthony Davis could barely move, and the Los Angeles Lakers could not move on, seeing their repeat NBA title hopes cut short with a 113-100 loss in Game 6 of their first-round series with the Phoenix Suns.
Davis, cleared by L.A.’s medical staff and starting on Thursday after being sidelined since halftime of Game 4 because of a strained groin, never looked right. He tweaked the injury mere minutes into the first quarter and was forced to exit early.
“I wanted to,” Davis said afterward. “Just the competitive nature in me to go out and help the team as best as I could. My body didn’t agree.”
Even if he had been healthy, it might not have mattered with the way the Suns, led by star guard Devin Booker‘s 47 points, shot the ball.
Phoenix, after winning Game 5 by 30 points, went up by as many as 29 in the first half, picking apart a Los Angeles defense that ranked No. 1…
