BREAKING: D'Angelo Russell's Final Injury Status For Timberwolves-Lakers Game
On Tuesday evening, Los Angeles Lakers are hosting the Minnesota Timberwolves for the play-in tournament.
For the game, they will have their star point guard in the lineup, as D'Angelo Russell has been upgraded to available.
Underdog NBA: "D'Angelo Russell (foot) will play Tuesday."
Russell had a very productive regular season with averages of 17.8 points, 3.0 rebounds, 6.2 assists and 1.0 steals per contest.
The 2019 NBA All-Star shot a very impressive 46.9% from the field and 39.6% from the three-point range.
He spent the first half of the season with the Timberwolves before getting traded to the Lakers in February.
The 27-year-old has been a massive reason for their strong finish to the year.
After a slow start to the season, the Lakers ended the regular season as the seventh seed in the Western Conference with a 43-39 record.
They went 8-2 over their final ten games and are a very solid 23-18 in the 41 games they have hosted on their home floor in Los Angeles, California.
Whoever wins Tuesday's matchup will be the seventh seed and face off with Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies in the first round of the NBA Playoffs.
As for the Timberwolves, they went 42-40 and finished as the eighth seed.
They ended the regular season in the middle of a three-game winning streak and 7-3 over their final ten games.
That said, the Timberwolves are just 20-21 in the 41 games they have played on the road away from the Target Center.
