LOS ANGELES -- Lakers All-Star big man Anthony Davis was a late scratch for Friday night's home game against the Brooklyn Nets because of left plantar fasciitis - an injury designation that has lingered for the past two months.
Davis started the day as probable to play before being downgraded to questionable a little less than an hour before tipoff and ruled out 30 minutes before the game.
Friday was Davis' third missed game of the season and his first absence since the Jan. 2 home win against the Portland Trail Blazers, which was the first night of a back-to-back, with Davis playing on the second night of the back-to-back set (a win against the Atlanta Hawks).
Jaxson Hayes started at center with Davis out.
Davis, who is averaging 25.8 points on 52.3% shooting, 11.9 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.1 blocked shots per game, has been on the injury report with a left foot ailment since a Nov. 6 road loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, a game he missed because of a "left heel contusion." The team changed his injury designation to left plantar fasciitis ahead of the Nov. 8 home win against the Philadelphia 76ers.
The 31-year-old Davis has listed as probable because of the foot ailment ahead of most games over the past two months.