Rui Hachimura Injury Status For Lakers vs Thunder

The 48-30 Los Angeles Lakers submitted perhaps the win of their regular season so far by vanquishing the 64-14 Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday in an absolutely dominant 126-99 obliteration.

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Now, per Lakers.com's Mike Trudell, Los Angeles might be without most of its top contributors in a road rematch against the Thunder on Tuesday.

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Starting small forward Rui Hachimura will be on the shelf while he nurses a left patellar tendinopathy.

Reserve center/power forward Maxi Kleber, who's been recovering from a right foot surgery since he was on the Dallas Mavericks in January, is the only other Lakers player who has already been sidelined.

Doncic (right groin strain), 21-time All-Star power forward LeBron James (left groin strain), shooting guard Austin Reaves (right ankle sprain), and key reserves Gabe Vincent (left knee effusion) and Dorian Finney-Smith (left ankle effusion) have all been downgraded to questionable.

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Against Oklahoma City, Hachimura scored a low-for-him 11 points on 4-of-10 shooting from the field (2-of-6 from distance) and 1-of-1 shooting from the foul line, grabbed seven rebounds, dished out one assist and blocked one shot in 32 minutes.

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Unless he is sat along with the other questionable mainstays, it's likely that Los Angeles head coach JJ Redick will sub in 3-and-D forward Dorian Finney-Smith to serve as a starter in Hachimura's stead.

Or maybe Redick will look to rest several of his key players on the first night of a back-to-back slate of bouts, ahead of a fairly winnable matchup against the 38-41 Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday.

Hachimura will be missed.

This year, the 6-foot-8 Gonzaga product is averaging 13.1 points while slashing .505/.412/.766, 5.1 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 0.8 steals and 0.5 blocks in his 57 healthy games. His output goes beyond a box score, however.

Hachimura has emerged as a critical two-way contributor to Los Angeles, and has helped the club solve somewhat for its lack of center depth by giving the club essentially three versatile, power forward-sized starters next to the 6-foot-9 James and the 6-foot-6 Doncic.

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