The 22-55 Los Angeles Lakers had just five games remaining left in the NBA regular season entering Wednesday’s matchup against the 60-17 San Antonio Spurs. Both Luke Walton and Gregg Popovich went into the matchup at the AT&T Center with a shortened roster, dealing with respective injuries and restrictions.
Guard D’Angelo Russell was ruled out for the contest, while dealing with a knee injury. On the other end, Manu Ginobli, Danny Green and Dejounte Murray were all out with respective injuries.
With Russell out, Walton elected to start the game with Jordan Clarkson, Tyler Ennis, Brandon Ingram, Julius Randle and Larry Nance Jr.