The injury bug won’t stop coming back to bite the Los Angeles Lakers.
Last season, three different Lakers played less than 70 games due to injury, with Lonzo Ball missing a team-high 30 games with a nagging knee injury. This season, five players are already guaranteed to play less than 70 games, including LeBron James, Rajon Rondo, Brandon Ingram and Ball, who hasn’t played since Jan. 19 due to a Grade 3 ankle sprain. Depending on how many games Kyle Kuzma misses with his ankle sprain, he could join that group too.