The Los Angeles Lakers have gotten off to a 2-2 start to begin the 2025-26 NBA season. Through the first four games, the team has shown flashes of improvement, but there are still many of the same issues from last year.
Of course, LeBron James has yet to play this year due to dealing with sciatica. Luka Doncic has also missed time early due to injury.
Entering Monday night’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers, the Lakers were hoping to overcome their early-season injury issues. Unfortunately, they ended up losing the game by a final score of 122-108.
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Once again, Los Angeles has been hit with bad injury news following the disappointing loss.
According to a joint report from Dave McMenamin and Shams Charania of ESPN, Gabe Vincent has gone down with a left ankle sprain that he suffered on Sunday against the Sacramento Kings. They have reported that he will miss two to four weeks due to the injury.
“Lakers guard Gabe Vincent is expected to miss two to four weeks after undergoing an MRI on his sprained left ankle Monday, sources told ESPN,” the report read. “Vincent suffered the injury early in the third quarter of L.A.’s 127-120 road win over the Sacramento Kings on Sunday. He left the arena in a walking boot, and he told ESPN that X-rays taken after the game came back negative.”
Vincent has been a key part of the bench unit for the Lakers so far this season. They will now have to figure out how to replace him as well.
Through the first three games of the season, Vincent has averaged 3.7 points, 2.3 assists, and a rebound in 24 minutes per contest.
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Against the Trail Blazers, Los Angeles was led by another huge game by rising star guard Austin Reaves. He scored 41 points on 13-for-22 shooting. Deandre Ayton chipped in 16 points and eight rebounds, while both Rui Hachimura and Dalton Knecht scored 16 as well.
Hopefully, the Lakers’ injury luck starts turning around moving forward this season. As the roster starts to get healthy, it will be interesting to see if Los Angeles can start improving and looking more like a potential contender.
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