Lakers News: Dennis Schroder Ruled Out vs. Heat, No Timeline Set for Return

Lakers News: Dennis Schroder Ruled Out vs. Heat, No Timeline Set for Return

Los Angeles Lakers' Dennis Schroder (17) plays in an NBA basketball game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

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Los Angeles Lakers point player Dennis Schroder, that missed his group’s video game versus the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday due to the organization’s health and wellness procedures, has no schedule for a return.

Lakers head instructor Frank Vogel informed press reporters that Schroder did not participate in the group’s method Friday as well as will certainly miss out on Saturday’s video game versus the Miami Heat.

Schroder, 27, has actually balanced 14.2 factors, 4.3 helps as well as 3.6 rebounds per video game in his very first period with theLakers He pertained to L.A. in November when the Oklahoma City Thunder traded him for shooting guard Danny Green as well as the 28th general 2020 NBA draft choice (Jaden McDaniels).

Schroder had actually begun all 29 of the Lakers’ video games prior to missing out on the Nets competition.

The short-handed Lakers are currently without seven-time All-Star huge male Anthony Davis (best calf bone pressure, right Achilles tendonosis) for 4 weeks, leaving the group without 2 of its beginners for the near future.

The Lakers rolled with a beginning schedule of LeBron James, Kyle Kuzma, Marc Gasol, Wesley Matthews as well as Kentavious Caldwell-Pope versus the Nets, that began warm as well as mostly stayed in this way in the 11-point win.

L.A. went chilly, racking up under 100 factors for simply the 4th time this period. Three- factor capturing problems injure the group once more, as L.A. went 8-of-30 from midtown.

The Lakers need to discover a method to advance without Schroder as well as Davis, nonetheless. The excellent information is that the All-Star break will certainly get the group a long time for Davis (as well as possibly Schroder if he’s out that lengthy) to return. Five of the Lakers’ 7 video games prior to the break, which begins for L.A. on March 4, will certainly go to residence too.