Lakers Kyle Kuzma left Monday’s game against to the Clippers with a sprained right ankle.
Kuzma rolled his ankle with 6:09 remaining in the fourth quarter. He eventually made his way back to the bench and then to the locker room with the Lakers’ athletic trainer.
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Head coach Luke Walton said after the game that Kuzma was “limping pretty badly,” and that he’d be surprised if he played on Wednesday against the Denver Nuggets.
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The team later announced that X-rays on the injury came back negative.
Kuzma finished with 13 points and six rebounds as the Lakers fell to 30-34 on the season with their third-straight defeat. Kuzma has averaged 18.9 points on 46.8 percent shooting and 5.6 rebounds for the Lakers.
