Found March 14, 2008 on Fantasy Basketball Pros:
Gasol
Lakers Center Pau Gasol rolled his left ankle at the 9:45 mark of the first quarter of the Lakers-Hornets game. He was immediately taken to the locker room. UPDATE from John Ireland (Sideline Broadcaster for Lakers) at 5:25 PST: Gasol has a sprained left ankle and he will not return tonight. X-rays are pending.
7 Comments:
  • The Lakers play the Hornets tonight (in progress), Houston on Sunday, Dallas on Tuesday and Utah on Thursday. ALL on the ROAD. How would they fare without Gasol, I wonder?
  • theyll lose those games without gasol. it evens everything out now and once bynum comes back, it will be like before the trade. i hope memphis comes up empty in free agency so that they screwed themselves in the gasol trade
  • Uh oh...not good news for Laker fans. I had no idea they had such a tough schedule coming up. I wonder how much time he is going to have to miss.
  • X-rays came up negative, but if Gasol sits, the Lakers will lose games unless they pull a Houston.
  • I think Kobe can single-handily will the Lakers to victory on Sunday against Houston. I mean come on, these are games Kobe lives for.

    As for Utah and Dallas, I'm not so sure. Both teams--especially Dallas--want a shot at the banged up Lakers.
  • i think kobe will single-handedly want to end that win streak. but i think the houston team still may have the advantage if gasol does not play
  • If it were his right ankle I would be concerned. But everyone knows Gasol has one of the toughest left ankles in the game.
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