While X-rays were negative, Lonzo Ball underwent an MRI that revealed a Grade left ankle sprain. The Los Angeles Lakers announced Ball is expected to miss four to six weeks, which will sideline him through the All-Star break.
Ball sustained the injury in the third quarter of Saturday’s loss to the Houston Rockets. He collided with James Ennis III, which immediately sent him to the ground in a heap of pain.
Ball remained on the floor as the Lakers scored and play went the other way. He was carried off the court by Michael Beasley and Lance Stephenson, and taken to a local hospital because the X-ray machine at Toyota Center was not functioning properly.