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All just isn’t well by any means in Los Angeles in the meanwhile. The Lakers were blown out by the Sacramento Kings for the second time this preseason, as they followed up their 30-point defeat in the primary game between these two by losing 133-86 in what was their final preseason game.
That meant that the Lakers finished their preseason with a 1-5 record, which is definitely an improvement on last season where they went 0-6. As if the record wasn’t bad enough, the Lakers suffered an enormous blow when Dennis Schroder was ruled out with a finger injury prior to the sport they usually got more bad news through the game, as Russell Westbrook had to move to the locker room in the primary quarter.
NBA Fans React To Russell Westbrook Suffering A Hamstring Injury
The Lakers had already caused some waves prior to the sport when reports emerged that Westbrook was going to come back off the bench however the experiment didn’t last long. He hobbled off to the locker room toward the tip of the primary quarter with what has been revealed to be a left hamstring injury and didn’t return.
NBA fans reacted to the news as they wondered about the results of Russ potentially facing a while on the sidelines.
“Scapegoat is injured time for us to get exposed for real.”
“Lakers fans don’t deserve him he’s been getting a lot undeserved hate”
“he may need played his last game ever for the Lakers”
“He’s done, the Lakers are done.”
“3 injuries and the season hasn’t even began. Seems like laker basketball to me”
“man 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️ , hope it’s not too serious”
“Their injury report is already half the rattling roster”
“Lakers roster in mid-season form.”
“Lakers getting cooked by the Kings and Russ only got 5 minutes. Who they blaming?”
“I feel for Russ man”
“Getting smoked and one other injury #Lakers”
“It is time they’ll notice they still suck when he’s out”
“Meanwhile in La La Land… yikes. Hope Russ is okay but this example is bordering disaster.”
“Nunn/Reaves/PatBev/Lonnie Walker is a hilarious backcourt”
“Infinite pain man.”
“Welp, Lakers are doomed”
“Ngl he may be done he already wasn’t playing well now he gotta recuperate from this , look what happened to harden but at the least harden was playing before he got a hamstring”
“Hopefully it isn’t serious I genuinely don’t know if this team if going to be considerably higher than last 12 months”
“Lakers season is already falling apart and it hasn’t began yet”
This might well be the last time we see Westbrook in a Lakers jersey, because the team is predicted to re-open trade talks for him. It could be a tragic technique to exit but it surely was clear there was not going to be a completely satisfied ending for Russ in LA anyway.
We are able to just hope that this injury is not too serious but the total extent of it won’t be known for some time. As for the Lakers, we saw that not having Westbrook on the court is not going to magically solve all their problems. LeBron James and Anthony Davis are great, but the remainder of the roster doesn’t really appear to be all that good in the meanwhile. It will be trial by fire once they head off to face the Golden State Warriors on opening night and things could get ugly.
