The Los Angeles Lakers – losers of 6 of their past 7 games – are going to be without guard Dennis Schroder for 10-14 days due to COVID-19 healthy and safety protocols, per Shams Charania of Stadium and The Athletic.
https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1389241504678375425
Schroder is averaging 15.5PPG, 5.8APG, and 3.5RPG on 44% shooting from the field and 34% shooting from three in 59 games this season.
Lakers star LeBron James just recently returned to the starting lineup – but he’s already back on the injury report for his ailing ankle, per Adrian Wojnarowski and Ramona Shelburne of ESPN.
https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1389285320089350144
Currently, the Lakers sit in the seventh spot in the Western Conference, which means they’d have to participate in the play-in tournament for a chance at a postseason birth; an idea which James said “whoever came up with that s— needs to be fired.”
https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/1389201373481340930
Without Schroder and James, the Lakers will have a hard time outpacing the Portland Trail Blazers and Dallas Mavericks for the sixth seed in the Western Conference.
