D’Angelo Russell was the latest Laker to suffer an injury, exiting Thursday’s win against the Warriors with a right ankle sprain, proving not even newly-acquired Lakers are immune to the inescapable fate of suffering an injury at some point this season.
Russell suffered the injury during the first quarter of the game, and was quickly declared out for the rest of the night. After the game, Lakers head coach Darvin Ham said Russell would be reevaluated on Friday, and as promised, he provided an update the next day, saying the point guard would likely miss Sunday’s game against the Dallas Mavericks.