Originally published by LakersNation.com
The Los Angeles Lakers ended their road trip with an extremely disappointing loss as they were blown out by the San Antonio Spurs 129-115.
While it doesn’t excuse losing to a team that had lost 18 straight games coming in, the Lakers were extremely shorthanded in this one.
Coming off back-to-back 37-point efforts, Anthony Davis was not able to play after rolling his ankle in Wednesday’s game against the Spurs. He wasn’t the only missing starter as Cam Reddish also sat out with a knee issue and D’Angelo Russell with an illess.
Darvin Ham provided updates on all three of his injured starters after the game and did not sound too concerned about them moving forward, via Spectrum SportsNet:
“Obviously they’re all dealing with some different issues, various issues. I think DLo’s situation is more under the weather. And then obviously AD is with his ankle and Cam with his knee. But throughout it all, we just got to get healthy. We got a big week coming up. Tomorrow, we’ll be further updated, guys will get treatment and then hopefully come back ready to work on Sunday to start our big week out with New York on Monday.”
The good news for the Lakers is they now return home after their long road trip and have a couple of days off before hosting the New York Knicks on Monday night.
In addition to getting Davis, Russell and Reddish back, the Lakers could get some more reinforcements in the form of Gabe Vincent. The guard has missed all but four games this season with left knee effusion but recent reports indicate that he is targeting a return against the Knicks.
Ham was asked about Vincent though and was not willing to commit to that being the case:
“We won’t speculate. Once we get our update on Gabe, we’ll let you guys know. He had a good workout today and we’ll see what happens tomorrow.”
The Lakers surely won’t rush Vincent back so he will not play unless he’s 100% ready to go. Once he is back though, the Lakers will be even closer to full strength which is vital with a tough part of the schedule on the horizon.
Wembanyama studied Davis before coming to NBA
It’s a shame that Davis was not able to suit up on Friday because he and Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama had an awesome matchup on Wednesday with both star big men scoring 30-plus points in the Lakers’ win.
Wembanyama shared high praise for Davis after the game, saying that is someone he studied before coming to the NBA in order to get better.
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The Los Angeles Lakers ended their road trip with an extremely disappointing loss as they were blown out by the San Antonio Spurs 129-115.
While it doesn’t excuse losing to a team that had lost 18 straight games coming in, the Lakers were extremely shorthanded in this one.
Coming off back-to-back 37-point efforts, Anthony Davis was not able to play after rolling his ankle in Wednesday’s game against the Spurs. He wasn’t the only missing starter as Cam Reddish also sat out with a knee issue and D’Angelo Russell with an illess.
Darvin Ham provided updates on all three of his injured starters after the game and did not sound too concerned about them moving forward, via Spectrum SportsNet:
“Obviously they’re all dealing with some different issues, various issues. I think DLo’s situation is more under the weather. And then obviously AD is with his ankle and Cam with his knee. But throughout it all, we just got to get healthy. We got a big week coming up. Tomorrow, we’ll be further updated, guys will get treatment and then hopefully come back ready to work on Sunday to start our big week out with New York on Monday.”
The good news for the Lakers is they now return home after their long road trip and have a couple of days off before hosting the New York Knicks on Monday night.
In addition to getting Davis, Russell and Reddish back, the Lakers could get some more reinforcements in the form of Gabe Vincent. The guard has missed all but four games this season with left knee effusion but recent reports indicate that he is targeting a return against the Knicks.
Ham was asked about Vincent though and was not willing to commit to that being the case:
“We won’t speculate. Once we get our update on Gabe, we’ll let you guys know. He had a good workout today and we’ll see what happens tomorrow.”
The Lakers surely won’t rush Vincent back so he will not play unless he’s 100% ready to go. Once he is back though, the Lakers will be even closer to full strength which is vital with a tough part of the schedule on the horizon.
Wembanyama studied Davis before coming to NBA
It’s a shame that Davis was not able to suit up on Friday because he and Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama had an awesome matchup on Wednesday with both star big men scoring 30-plus points in the Lakers’ win.
Wembanyama shared high praise for Davis after the game, saying that is someone he studied before coming to the NBA in order to get better.
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