Larry Nance Jr. and the Lakers received some good news Friday after an examination revealed that he suffered only a sprained right wrist and not something more serious as the team originally thought.
When Nance was injured Thursday night in the Lakers’ 88-80 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the summer league in Las Vegas, an early diagnosis suggested it was “probable” he had a broken hand or ligament damage.
But after Nance got an MRI exam in Los Angeles on Friday by team physician Steve Lombardo and hand specialist Dr. Steve Shin of the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic, the results allowed the first-year forward and to breathe a sigh of relief.