BREAKING: D'Angelo Russell's Final Injury Status For Bulls-Lakers Game
On Sunday afternoon, the Los Angeles Lakers are hosting the Chicago Bulls in California.
For the game, they will be without their star point guard, as D'Angelo Russell has been ruled out due to a hip injury.
Russell also missed Friday's 116-111 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder, so this will be his second straight game out of the lineup.
Underdog NBA: "D'Angelo Russell (hip) ruled out Sunday."
The 2019 NBA All-Star is having an excellent season with averages of 18.0 points, 3.1 rebounds, 6.2 assists and 1.0 steals per contest in 65 games.
He's also shooting a fantastic 46.6% from the field and 39.1% from the three-point range.
The Lakers come into the day with a 37-37 record in 74 games, which has them as the eighth seed in the Western Conference (1.5 games back of the Golden State Warriors for the sixth seed).
They are 7-3 in their last ten games and in the middle of a three-game winning streak.
At home, the Lakers are a very solid 21-17 in the 38 games they have hosted in Los Angeles, California.
As for the Bulls, they are the tenth seed (the final play-in tournament spot) in the Eastern Conference with a 35-38 record in 73 games.
Over the last ten games, the Bulls are 6-4 but have struggled on the road, going 15-21 in the 36 games they have played away from the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.
Last season, they made the NBA Playoffs for the first time since 2017.
