Los Angeles Lakers guard Lonzo Ball was playing some of the best basketball he’s ever played before sustaining a grade 3 ankle sprain in the third quarter of the team’s 138-134 loss to the Houston Rockets on Saturday night.
Ball will miss the next 4-6 weeks as he recovers, which at least partially derails the roll he was on, averaging 12.5 points, 5.9 rebounds and 7.2 assists while shooting a team-high 37.3 percent from behind the arc over the last 13 games since LeBron James injured his groin.