While the Lakers did welcome back a number of players from injury on Saturday against the Rockets, there was one able surprise and exception to that. Despite not being listed on the injury report nor being included in the inactive prior to the game, Rui Hachimura did not see the court.
Postgame, Darvin Ham revealed that Rui was a late scratch prior to the game after going through a pregame warm-up. After having a number of more days off, Rui spoke at practice on Monday and sure made it sound like he would be taking the court on Tuesday.