Things were going too well for the Lakers in recent games which meant an injury was due. After sitting out the second half of Sunday’s win over Houston, D’Angelo Russell was initially listed as probable for Tuesday’s game against the Jazz.
However, on Wednesday morning, D’Lo was downgraded to questionable with left foot soreness, before ultimately being ruled out just over an hour before the game:
Ham on D’Angelo Russell, who’s dealing with the left foot soreness: “Saw an opportunity to give it an extra day’s rest.”
He cited the B2B against the Clippers as a factor.