A night after he left a game in Atlanta after hitting his knee and returned to play again, New Orleans star Anthony Davis is listed as probable for tonight's game against the Wolves in NOLA.
Davis played 18 1/2 minutes -- about equally between before he hurt it and after -- in the Pelicans' 112-94 victory over the Hawks.
It was the Pelicans' third consecutive victory and their fifth in seven games after they started the season 0-8.
You expect he'll play tonight.
Davis leads the NBA is blocked shots per game with 2.9 and is third in the league in scoring with a 30.4 point average. He was named on Monday as the Western Conference's Player of the Week for last week.
Remember: Tonight's game is a late 8:30 p.m. start because it's on ESPN and Thibodeau's former boss and longtime friend Jeff Van Gundy will call the game.
Wolves coach Tom Thibodeau has coached him on USA Basketball teams, including last summer's Olympics in Brazil.
"Every year he has gotten a lot better," Thibodeau said before his team's morning shootaround at Smoothie King Center today. "His skill set is so unusuall for a big guy. He has the quickness of a guard. He can shoot it, he can put it on the floor, he can post. He has great touch and then defensively, the impact that he has."
