Lakers star Anthony Davis to return from 20-game 

Lakers star Anthony Davis to return from 20-game absence due to foot injury vs. Spur

Davis, new forward Rui Hachimura expected to be available Wednesday against San Antonio

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The Los Angeles Lakers star is set to return Wednesday for the team's game against the San Antonio Spurs,

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barring any setback in warmups, after missing 20 games due to a foot injury, according to ESPN’s Dave McMenamin.

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Davis will be on a minutes restriction and shouldn’t play more than 24 minutes in the game at Crypto.com Arena.

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It’s unclear how long that minutes restriction will be in place moving forward.

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Davis sustained a fractured bone spur and a stress reaction in his right foot on Dec. 16 against the Denver Nuggets.

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He went up with Nuggets star Nikola Jokic in the paint and started hopping in pain almost instantly after landing on his feet.

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The Lakers then ruled him out indefinitely.

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Davis was playing some of the best basketball in his career before he went down, too. He averaged 27.4 points, a career-high 12.1 rebounds and shot a career-best 59.4% from the field this season

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