The Los Angeles Lakers looked like they were on their way to their third consecutive win without LeBron James on Saturday. Up 18 at the half against the Houston Rockets on the road, everything was going their way. Then Lonzo Ball hit the floor.
From the floor, he went to a wheelchair, then to the locker room, then to a local hospital because the X-ray machine at the Toyota Center wasn’t working.
Meanwhile, the Lakers were struggling to maintain the momentum they had before Ball went down, and Brandon Ingram said he felt that Ball’s injury ultimately cost them the game (via Spectrum Sportsnet):
“Right when Lonzo went down, I think that’s exactly when it went away.