EL SEGUNDO — While his teammates played a spirited scrimmage one day after the Lakers’ worst loss in franchise history, D’Angelo Russell tossed up gentle flat-footed shots on the sideline. His right leg was wrapped from his quad to his ankle.
No rest for Russell, even when he’s injured.
Russell is expected to be sidelined for 1-2 weeks with an MCL sprain, calf strain and bone bruise, but he downplayed the injuries Monday at practice. The second-year guard said it’s the calf strain that’s giving him the most trouble. He feels almost no pain in his knee and feels grateful that it avoided serious injury.