Star Pacers point guard Tyrese Haliburton has revealed that he will play for the first time in 10 games tonight against the Lakers, per Dustin Dopirak of The Indianapolis Star (Twitter link).
The 6’5″ guard sprained his left elbow and incurred a mild left knee bone contusion last month against the Knicks. When healthy, the 22-year-old has been performing at an All-Star level during his third pro season. He’s averaging 20.2 PPG on .480/.399/.880 shooting splits, 10.2 APG, 4.0 RPG, and 1.8 SPG for Indiana.
We have more notable injury updates:
- Spurs point guard Tre Jones and rookie power forward Jeremy Sochan had to leave during last night’s Kings game with injuries, and were ruled out for the rest of the evening upon being examined by the team’s medical staff, reports Tom Orsborn of The San Antonio Express Journal (via Twitter). Jones suffered a left foot injury, while Sochan’s sore lower back wound up sidelining him. Orsborn adds that Sochan will miss Friday’s game against the Sixers, while Jones is merely probable to play.
- Personal reasons will keep Kings point guard De’Aaron Fox sidelined for the team’s next game Friday, tweets Jason Anderson of The Sacramento Bee.
- Knicks starting center Mitchell Robinson will sit tonight as he continues to recuperate from right thumb surgery, reports ESPN’s Tim Bontemps (Twitter link).
- Lakers head coach Darvin Ham indicates that reserve shooting guard Austin Reaves may return to the floor for Los Angeles as early as Saturday against the Pelicans, in the final contest of the team’s current five-game road trip, per Jovan Buha of The Athletic (via Twitter). Reaves has been sidelined with a sprained hamstring since early January.