An MRI has revealed that Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram suffered a left low-ankle sprain during the team’s 108-103 victory over the Warriors on Tuesday, the team has announced via Twitter. Ingram is set to miss Friday night’s contest against the Sixers and is considered day-to-day with the injury beyond that.
Losing Ingram, the club’s second-leading scorer behind All-Star forward Zion Williamson, could be a major blow for New Orleans as the team strives to qualify for the play-in tournament in a crowded Western Conference field. With a 30-36 record, the Pelicans currently sit just two games behind the Spurs for a shot at the play-in tournament in the West this season.
There’s more injury news from around the league:
- Bulls All-Star center Nikola Vučević (adductor) was able to fully participate in a team practice today, tweets K.C. Johnson of NBC Sports Chicago. Head coach Billy Donovan commented that the sharp-shooting big man, who has missed the club’s last two games, “looked fine.”
- Lakers All-Star forward LeBron James will miss at least the next two games and potentially more as he grapples with fresh, sharp pain in his sprained ankle, Dave McMenamin told Rachel Nichols and Richard Jefferson on ESPN’s The Jump (Twitter video link). A source informed McMenamin that James is “focusing on the big picture” right now. “Does ‘big picture’ mean two more games missed? I’m not so sure,” McMenamin said. “He is clearly prioritizing using every bit of time he can to… get back for the playoffs.”
- Magic head coach Steve Clifford has indicated that five injured players could miss the rest of the 2020/21 NBA season, tweets Roy Parry of the Orlando Sentinel. Point guard Michael Carter-Williams and power forward Chuma Okeke are both sidelined with ankle sprains. Wing James Ennis is unavailable with a sore calf. Injury-prone forward Otto Porter Jr., who has played in just 28 games this season for the Magic and Bulls, is struggling with foot pain. Swingman Terrence Ross has been felled by back spasms. “I don’t even know what the time frame [is],” Clifford conceded. “If you look at the schedule now, it’s seven games, I think it’d be 12 days, and I’m not sure even if any of those guys are that close, to be honest with you.”
Sharp pains lol, cry more king turd. This dude can’t retire soon enough, dude will play till he is 45 though so he can smash all records
and play with his son.
Bronny still has 2 years of high school left, so he won’t be eligible to play in the NBA until the 2024-25 season when LeBron will be 39 going on 40. One has to wonder how much he’ll have left by then.
Guys with a lot less ability than LeBron have played at 39-40. He’ll play with or against his son for a season (or two) and then hang it up, I’d guess. He definitely wants to be in the league with his son tho, that’s for sure. LeBron could average 15, 5, & 5 at 40 yrs old, easy.
who says lebrons son will even make the nba
@Tats Sound jealous of his success
When the Lakers are winning Tats refers to the Lakers as “we”. When they are losing he says “they”.All you need to know.
30-36. They haven’t even won half their games and Pelicans are worried about “playoffs”?
You familiar with the play in tournament?
That’s the same record the Wizards have right now, but everyone is acting like Westbrook is somehow going to lead them deep into the playoffs.
No, everyone is not acting that way.
Not looking good in LA . Game shape takes awhile too.
LeBron ego is getting in the way again. He came back too soon and now reinjured himself. Just by saying at least 2 more games is the same as saying he should be out another 5 to 6 games.
With AD hurt again too they won’t even make the playoffs, Lakers are done.
And now Anthony Davis is re-injured as well against the Clippers. Poor Lakers.
Maybe we are, but at least we aren’t the Rockets lol