The Los Angeles Lakers have been hit pretty hard by the injury bug this season. Rui Hachimura, Jarred Vanderbilt and Gabe Vincent, just to name a few players, have missed a considerable number of games due to various ailments, and Vanderbilt and Vincent will be out for at least several more weeks.
On Thursday night, starting point guard D’Angelo Russell sat out due to what was termed knee soreness. Head coach Darvin Ham said on Wednesday he had undergone a “tune-up procedure” on his knee.
These injuries have opened major playing time for second-year guard Max Christie. While Christie has shown promise on both ends of the floor, he tweaked his ankle late in the first half of Thursday’s game versus the Denver Nuggets.
As a result, he will miss the rest of the contest.
Max Christie is out for the rest of the game with a right ankle sprain.
— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) February 9, 2024
In 15 minutes, Christie shot 2-of-7, but he went 2-of-3 from 3-point range and produced two rebounds, one assist and one steal.
