{"id":16246,"date":"2025-01-30T06:15:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T05:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=16246"},"modified":"2025-01-30T06:15:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T05:15:37","slug":"lamelo-ball-injury-latest-update-on-charlotte-hornetss-star-ankle-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/lamelo-ball-injury-latest-update-on-charlotte-hornetss-star-ankle-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"LaMelo Ball Injury: Latest update on Charlotte Hornets&#8217;s star ankle injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Charlotte Hornets&rsquo; already tough evening at home against the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday took a turn for the worse as star guard LaMelo Ball suffered an injury during their 112-107 defeat.<\/p><p>Ball left the game in the second quarter with a left ankle sprain and did not return. The injury happened after he hit a 3-pointer and was backpedaling on defense when he twisted his left ankle.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lamelo Ball leaves Lakers game with ankle injury <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mT2xXGY6dF\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/mT2xXGY6dF<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Subhajit Chowdhury (@CsSubhajit101) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CsSubhajit101\/status\/1884041097015685406?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>January 28, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>LaMelo&rsquo;s absence turned out to be a big setback for the hosts who couldn&rsquo;t spark a comeback. Anthony Davis was unstoppable for the Lakers, scoring 42 points and grabbing 23 rebounds. <\/p><p>Ball, who has been the bright spot for the Hornets this season, played just 9 minutes, scoring 7 points before the injury setback. Despite Charlotte&rsquo;s rough season (12-32), the 23-year-old has been averaging 28.2 points, 5.3 rebounds, and 7.3 assists per game.<\/p><p><strong>Also Read:<\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/76ers-owner-breaks-silence-on-joel-embiid-speculations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>76ers owner breaks silence on Joel Embiid speculations and discuss potential impact on team&rsquo;s fortunes<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/jimmy-butler-to-suns-miami-all-star-drops-another-hint-at-possible-move-to-phoenix-suns-ahead-of-trade-deadline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Jimmy Butler to Suns? 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Ball, averaging 28.2 points and 7.3 assists this season, suffered the injury on Monday&rdquo;,<\/em> Charania posted on X.<\/p><p>The Hornets will next face the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday, January 31.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LaMelo Ball left the game in the second quarter against Lakers on Monday with a left ankle sprain and did not return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":16249,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[866,120,19],"class_list":["post-16246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-charlotte-hornets","tag-lamelo-ball","tag-los-angeles-lakers"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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