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Lakers Injury Report: Key Raptors Player Out vs LA on Tuesday

Originally posted on Los Angeles Lakers on SI
By Ricardo Sandoval | Last updated Jan 8, 2024 7:33 PM ET

Hot off a victory over the Los Angeles Clippers Sunday, your 18-19 Los Angeles Lakers will look to build a winning streak, starting on Tuesday as they will take on the Toronto Raptors.

The Lakers will look to move back to .500, and they will look to do it against a depleted Raptors team.

According to Raptors team reporter Josh Lewenberg, the team will be without their starting big man, Jakob Poeltl.

Jakob Poeltl is OUT for tomorrow's game vs the Lakers with a left ankle sprain. He rolled it on Siakam's foot going for a loose ball in last night's game. Looked pretty bad but he played through it.
— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) January 8, 2024

Poeltl is ruled out due to a sprained ankle he suffered on Sunday in their win against the Golden State Warriors. The Raptors' big man was solid in the win, putting up 14 points on 75% shooting, grabbing 11 boards and five assists in 31 minutes.

He's averaging 10.6 points, 8.3 rebounds, and 2.5 assists for the Raptors this season. This is a huge advantage not only for the Lakers but also for their superstar big man, Anthony Davis. Davis should go beast mode on the dinosaurs without their big man, and this should be barbecue chicken.

Tip-off is set at 7:30 p.m. PT at Crypto.com Arena.

This article first appeared on FanNation All Lakers and was syndicated with permission.

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