The Lakers sat guard D’Angelo Russell on Wednesday against the San Antonio Spurs. They also put forward Brandon Ingram back on a minutes restriction.
Tyler Ennis started in place of Russell, who was ailing from some knee soreness, and scored 19 points in the Lakers’ surprising victory.
The soreness is in Russell’s left knee, the Lakers said. That’s the same knee that caused Russell to miss 12 games earlier this season. Russell hadn’t displayed signs of the injury lately, but he irritated his knee before Wednesday’s game.