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The Los Angeles Lakers finally got a win on their current road trip against the Toronto Raptors, after starting the trip, 0-2.<\/p>\n
The trip continues in Detroit for a clash against the Pistons on Monday. But the Lakers\u2019 lineup could be short-handed as starting guard D\u2019Angelo Russell is listed as questionable on the team\u2019s injury report for tomorrow\u2019s game.<\/p>\n
D\u2019Angelo Russell has been listed on the Lakers\u2019 injury report for the past two games with lower back soreness. He was marked as probable though and didn\u2019t miss any games. But this is a seemingly new issue as he is listed with a right foot contusion.<\/p>\n
In addition to Russell, both Anthony Davis and Austin Reaves appear in the injury report as probable. Davis is listed with right hip soreness and Reaves is listed with a right ankle sprain. Against the Raptors, Reaves left the game due to said ankle injury, but was able to return in the second half.<\/p>\n
Prior to the Lakers\u2019 road trip, Russell had actually started the season rather solidly. Consistent play from the Lakers\u2019 reserves has been a bit of an issue so far, and an injury to Russell forcing him to miss any games would be a major blow to the team.<\/p>\n
D\u2019Angelo Russell\u2019s role with the Lakers<\/strong><\/p>\n There is perhaps no player on the team who has heard his name is as many trade rumors as many trade rumors as D\u2019Angelo Russell.<\/p>\n Russell had the opportunity to become a free agent this past offseason but decided to pick up his contract option for this year.<\/p>\n Since the 2024-25 season began, Russell has played well for the most part, building on his continued chemistry in the background with Reaves. He struggled to shoot the ball in the Lakers\u2019 previous two games before the Raptors win, going a combined 2-12 from the three-point line.<\/p>\n But he had a much better outing against the Raptors , finishing with 19 points, three rebounds and six assists. He shot 7-of-13 from the field and 3-of-6 from the three-point line.<\/p>\n Through the Lakers\u2019 first six games of the season, he\u2019s been averaging 12.2 points, 2.3 rebounds and 5.8 assists with splits of 40.3 percent shooting from the field, 29.4 percent shooting from the three-point line and 100 percent shooting from the free-throw line.<\/p>\n Although his shooting efficiency does need to improve, he\u2019s overall been a plus on the court. Despite that, it wouldn\u2019t be surprising to continue to see his name pop up in trade rumors leading up to the trade deadline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Los Angeles Lakers finally got a win on their current road trip against the Toronto Raptors, after starting the trip, 0-2. The trip continues in Detroit… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3703,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"\n