Charlotte Hornets Lamelo Ball’s star underwent another ankle injury on Monday evening, this time in the fashion for 112-107 of her team against the Los Angeles Lakers.
At the start of the second quarter, Ball took an incredible 3 -point step on Jarred Vanderbilt. While Ball was backwards on the ground, he did not realize that Vanderbilt was behind him and he walked on the foot of the Lakers forward. Ball’s left ankle rolled up and collapsed on the ground with obvious pain.
Ball then committed a fault to stop the game and immediately hampered the locker room. He was quickly excluded with a sprain from the left ankle and did not go back to the match.
The chronology of the return of Ball is not clear at this stage.
“Yeah, I came here fairly quickly after, so I know they are still doing an assessment,” said Horles Charles Lee coach after the match. “We will see what’s going on tomorrow when it happens for treatment and stuff. But he did an excellent job to be in the locker room and be engaged when the guys came out of the field.”
It is still too early to say how long the ball can stay away. Given the record of 12-31 of the Hornets, which has them in 14th from the Eastern Conference, and the history of injuries of the Ball ankle, it seems likely that the team will take the prudent path.
The overall choice n ° 3 in 2020 NBA draftBall only played 214 career games due to a range of injuries. He fractured his right wrist at the end of his recruit season, then underwent an ankle injury at the end of the season in 2023 and several ankle issues in 2024.
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Before this season, Lee said that Ball had shown a “real commitment” to take care of his body and intended to carry hugs.
“There have been very good conversations and I think there was a very good plan set up by our performance staff, our front office and our coaching staff,” said Lee during the camp training. “I think that to start the year, the plan is to try to wear the hugs as much as possible to put it in the best position to succeed. While we continue to go through the season, we will assess how it helps Or if things remain the status quo. “
The images of the Monday game show that Ball was carrying hugs on his ankles, but unfortunately, they were not sufficient in this case.
For the season, Ball was on average a career summit of 28.9 points, 5.4 rebounds and 7.5 assists per game, and missed the stars. He directed the fans’ vote for the players in the rear area of ​​the Eastern Conference and finished third in the playing of the players, but was seventh in the media vote, which left him (3.0) just behind New York star Jalen Brunson (2.5) in the weighted partition that determines beginners.
Ball could still be appointed to the list of stars as a reserve, but this injury can put its status for the event in danger.
