NEW YORK Gabe Vincent may play in the Lakers’ away game against the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday after missing the majority of the season due to left knee issues.
After missing the previous 46 games, Vincent was classified on Saturday’s injury report as questionable for Sunday’s game at Barclays Center.
As part of the team’s six-game tour, he arrived in Indianapolis prior to Friday’s 109-90 away loss to the Indiana Pacers.
Although Vincent did not play against the Pacers, Darvin Ham, the team’s coach, stated that before Vincent returned, he doubled his workload.
“We’re just taking things one day at a time right now,” Ham stated prior to the Pacers defeat. “He now has more job to do. Thus, we’re currently attempting
Vincent got injured in the first four games of the season and missed seven weeks due to a left knee effusion, or swollen joint.
After making a brief comeback in the road defeat against the Chicago Bulls on December 20, he hasn’t been in any games since.
On December 27, Vincent underwent surgery on his left knee, and the club stated at the time that he will return for another assessment in about eight weeks.
In the offseason, he signed a three-year, $33 million contract with the Lakers as a free agency, knowing that his role would be as the team’s primary backup guard.
We’ve been waiting for him and will embrace him back whenever he’s ready because he is a brother and a teammate, but ultimately, we won’t be putting any pressure on him. He needs to go slowly.
The Lakers’ winning run came to an end at five games because they lacked the energy to compete with the quick-witted Pacers.
“We spent some time running through mud,” Ham remarked. “Four nights, third game. We have, however, been playing excellent basketball overall. We’ll start our recuperation process on Sunday, get our treatments and diet under control, and be ready to fight back.
The Lakers’ final three opponents on the road are the Nets (28-45), the Toronto
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