As if the Los Angeles Lakers’ predicament wasn’t awful enough going into Sunday’s game versus the Golden State Warriors. Point guard D’Angelo Russell will miss his fifth straight game, the Lakers have announced. Jovan Buha, a Lakers insider, was the first to report the information.
D-Lo last appeared for LA against the Warriors on February 23, in their first game following the All-Star break. He hardly lasted nine minutes on the court before injuring his ankle when removing the ball from the basket to inbound it.
The Lakers will play without their primary point guard, while the Warriors will have Stephen Curry back after an 11-game absence.
The purple and gold are still having a rough time as they fight tooth and nail to get into the play-in competition. Also Read: With a thrilling 133-130 victory, James Harden and Joel Embiid end the Bucks’ 16-game-winning run
Is D’Angelo Russell playing against the Golden State Warriors?
Given that the Lakers appeared to receive positive news regarding D’ Angelo Russell ankle on Friday, this is a little surprise. The Lakers head coach, Darvin Ham, stated that his starting point guard was able to participate in a morning scrimmage with the team’s deep bench players and that the medical staff would assess his reaction to the increased activity before tip-off against D’Angelo Russell another former team, the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Ham stated, “We don’t want to just throw guys back there who aren’t playing in an NBA game (right)”. “We have to watch how his body reacts to (scrimmaging), specifically how his ankle reacts, and we’ll move from there. He is currently working on all of that”.
Los Angeles Lakers vs Golden State Warriors Final Injury Report date – 5/03/2023: Are D’Angelo Russell and LeBron James Playing against Golden State Warriors Tonight?Russell sustained a sprain, which may frequently take between 1-2 weeks to heal from. As of Friday, Russell has now officially missed one full week, as our own Dr. Rajpal Brar highlighted earlier this week.
Russell’s next chances to play for the Lakers will be Tuesday against the Memphis Grizzlies or taking an additional two days off before returning next Friday against the Toronto Raptors now that they have ruled him out of the game against Golden State. Also Read: Milwaukee Bucks vs Philadelphia 76ers Final Injury Report date – 4/03/2023: Is Giannis Antetokounmpo Playing against Philadelphia 76ers Tonight?
Is LeBron James Playing against The Golden State Warriors?
Despite the fact that Bron’s foot injury won’t require surgery, sources have confirmed that LeBron James may miss several weeks.
The Lakers’ official injury report lists James as out with a painful right foot. In the second half of the Lakers’ comeback victory over the Mavericks on February 26, he sustained a right foot injury.
The Lakers have played three games since the injury, and the four-time NBA champion has been absent from each of them.
The NBA’s all-time top scorer has been declared ineligible for tonight’s game. The future Hall-of-Famer is joined in the injury report by Anthony Davis and DLo (Out) (Probable).
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