On December 29, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued to unfold, and the Lakers will challenge the Rockets away. Before the game, the Lakers came bad news, Ellington was sick and would miss the game, leaving the team missing another big player. After adding Ellington, the Lakers will have 7 players missing today's game against the Rockets.
The Lakers officially announced that team guard Ellington did not come to Houston with the team due to illness (non-epidemic) and will miss this game. The only good thing is that the disease is not an epidemic and may return to the team soon. Ellington has played in 26 games this season, averaging 6.4 points and 1.8 rebounds per game.
Coupled with Ellington's absence, the Lakers will have 7 players absent from this game, of which Ariza, Bazemore, Reeves and Rondo have triggered the league's health and safety agreement and are still in isolation; Anthony Davis and Nunn are still absent due to injury, and the two will not return in the short term and need to rest for a while. In addition, James is still placed on the list of high-probability players because of a rectus strain.
This game is the best opportunity for the Lakers to end the losing streak, the opponent Rockets ranked first in the bottom of the West, and recently suffered four consecutive losses, and the state is also very poor. The Lakers have recently suffered 5 consecutive losses, and there are many rumors in the team, among which Wei Shao has been criticized, and even rumors about Davis' trade, which is still quite surprising. It can also be seen from this that the pressure on the Lakers players is still very large, and they urgently need a victory to improve morale.
NBA star Windhorst talked about the Lakers' interest in Grant, saying: "If you can get a player like Grant, what price are you willing to pay? The Lakers may need to give Tucker, perhaps add a 27-year first-round pick, plus Nunn. If you were The Lakers management, would you be willing to pay such a price to get Grant back? But he does bring more help to the team. ”
That said, the Lakers could trade Grant with Tucker Jr., Nunn and a 27-year first-round pick, which might help them. Grant has played 24 games for the Pistons this season, averaging 20.1 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game, helping on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.