Baron Davis took an elbow "in between the ribs and the back," according to teammate Monta Ellis, and the team's official diagnosis was a strained muscle on the right side of his rib cage.
"That's the one guy we can't afford to lose," Don Nelson said. "I told him I didn't want to fool around and have him hurt something for several weeks by trying to play in one game," Nellie said about Davis trying to finish Saturday's game. Hopefully we know more by Monday morning, but as for now, Davis sounds 50-50 for Monday at Phoenix. We're playing it safe and benching him where possible, at least for now.