Without Davis in most of the game Lakers still remained competitive, but now we saw how important Davis is, without him then I guess Lakers will start tanking again. Davis injury was not so serious though, so hopefully he will be back in a couple of games so their effort will not be wasted.
They did, in fact they still played competitively even against the Raptors today. But still fell short though because none of them exploded unlike when Davis was around with them, Lebron on the other hand played below his average. I reckon that they could've defeated the Cavs on the other day if Davis didn't have to exit the game much earlier.
Here's Davis's update regarding his flu-like symptoms:
Lakers coach Darvin Ham said Davis symptoms gradually got worse during the course of the day.
He also stressed Davis had not tested positive for COVID-19.
https://www.nba.com/news/lakers-anthony-davis-exits-illnessSeems that he will have to get some rest first because his situation got worse that day and it will take him few days before he can play again because I think the league still have the existing rules about flu-like symptoms which he needed to get quarantined first.