Avery Bradley‘s injury will be the story going forward, but he played great before he got hurt!
Sadly this post-game can’t say that all went well for the Lakers. Avery Bradley left the game in the fourth quarter with a lower right leg injury and never returned. Here’s an update on his health from Mike Trudell after the game.
X-Rays were negative on Avery Bradley’s leg. He’s day-to-day with a lower leg contusion.
— Mike Trudell (@LakersReporter) November 4, 2019
The shame of it all is Avery Bradley had his most complete game of the season. He scored 16 points on 7-of-9 shooting while locking up DeMar DeRozan. In this game, his jumper caught up with his suffocating defense.
Hopefully, this is a small injury that won’t keep him out a while because if this is the defense he provides on a nightly basis, the Lakers will eventually be in the top 5 in defense overall.
He is one of the players that is definitely figuring out his role on his team at a rapid rate and how to use LeBron’s talents to get easy baskets by running the floor.
https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1191160013018013697
If Avery Bradley is out, this will be a serious blow to the Lakers on the defensive end.
The Los Angeles Lakers sweep the Texas “Two Step”. They finish their short road trip in Chicago on Tuesday night.