Mavericks center Kristaps Porzingis will sit out tonight’s game with the Lakers, tweets Tim MacMahon of ESPN. Porzingis sprained his left ankle in Thursday’s win over L.A., and even though the injury isn’t considered to be a long-term issue, Dallas is being careful with Porzingis.
“We believe (the ankle sprain) is not serious,” coach Rick Carlisle said, “but the decision for him to sit tonight was not a close call.” (Twitter link)
There’s more injury news from around the league:
- The Lakers will have Anthony Davis on a 25-minute restriction for tonight’s game, according to Dave McMenamin of ESPN (Twitter link). Davis played 17 minutes Thursday as he returned to the court for the first time in nine weeks and felt “minimal soreness,” said coach Frank Vogel. The Lakers plan to use Davis in both halves tonight.
- Bulls guard Zach LaVine won’t be available for the rest of the team’s road trip, tweets K.C. Johnson of NBC Sports Chicago. That will include games tonight and Monday in Miami and Wednesday at New York. LaVine has been in the league’s health and safety protocols for the past 10 days, and coach Billy Donovan said the All-Star guard is still under quarantine.
- Heat coach Erik Spoelstra refused to comment on whether Tyler Herro aggravated his foot injury in Friday’s loss to the Hawks, tweets Ira Winderman of The Sun-Sentinel. Herro, who won’t be active tonight, had sat out the prior two games before playing against Atlanta.
- Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell had his sprained ankle re-evaluated Friday, tweets Eric Walden of The Salt Lake Tribune. Mitchell is making progress, but will miss at least one more week.
- Pacers forward T.J. Warren, who has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a stress fracture in his left foot, has rejoined the team, according to Scott Agness of Fieldhouse Files (Twitter link), who adds that Warren is no longer wearing a walking boot.
The Lakers are lucky the Blazers are struggling even more than they are.
If Portland can get their act together they should be able to move up to the #6 seed.
Don’t hold your breath. Blazers are a trainwreck and I think they’re quitting on Stotts.
Shows you how weak Lakers are without Bron. AD is big time. But just complementary to Bron. There’s no way I see Lakers coming out of west. It’s OVER
They were in first place at 21-6 before things fell apart for them, now they’ve lost 19 of their last 33 games and will limp into the playoffs in 3 weeks.
Last 10 years show that betting against LeBron is the worst idea in basketball
It’s not about going against Bron or Lakers . They have real issues is the way I see it . You can’t just go turn it on . I can’t see them coming out of West.
At the end, the Lakers frontline was Davis, Drummond, and Kuzma. They looked even larger than last year but too heavy and in comparison, Marc Gasol looked like he could add some weight. But seriously, Norman Powell opposing set career records. I can see why Davis was out of shape but does Drummond not see his opportunity?
lol Drums threw his rear into a Laker on a screen and it showed large on the TV screen. Refs called it.
Technically both bigs are AD!
Given the lack of offseason it’s tempting to give Herro a pass on his lack of development this season.
But it’ll be interesting to see if he improves next year—Riley’s been making him untouchable in a lot of potential trades (allegedly), and right now he’s a ways away from being a legit 3rd guy next to Bam and Jimmy.
Will be nice to have Mitchell back again soon. One week is rough but could be much worse. Plus, the silver lining is it’ll give him some rest for the playoffs.